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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

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

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As of August 6, there have been 118 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 4,966 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 6, there have been 1,151 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 33 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 %
August 658,0031,1512.0
August 556,7081,0961.9
August 455,6861,0571.9
August 354,9481,0371.9
August 254,4061,0131.9
August 153,5799861.8
July 3152,7519531.8
July 3051,7859061.7
July 2950,7098751.7
July 2849,7348501.7

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