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Thursday, April 17, 2025

13 Sangamon County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 17, there have been 13 Sangamon County residents under 20 years of age who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 461 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 17, there have been 307 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 25 deaths from the coronavirus in Sangamon County.

Illinois gathers all of its COVID-19 data from across the state electronically. The reported cases and deaths will fluctuate as additional info is gathered. Chicago was home to one of the first known cases of COVID-19 in the US, as well as it's transmission.

Test results for the past 10 days in Sangamon County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 177,7393074.0
May 167,5443044.0
May 156,7462994.4
May 146,3422894.6
May 135,9172794.7
May 125,7352764.8
May 115,4292624.8
May 105,3932584.8
May 95,1282565.0
May 84,9422535.1

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