Sangamon Sun

As of June 24, there have been 27 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 1,597 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 24, there have been 397 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 31 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
June 24	25,442	397	1.6
June 23	24,606	392	1.6
June 22	24,338	388	1.6
June 21	24,043	387	1.6
June 20	23,786	387	1.6
June 19	22,937	387	1.7
June 18	21,617	383	1.8
June 17	20,691	382	1.8
June 16	20,356	382	1.9
June 15	19,956	382	1.9