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

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As of September 13, there have been 285 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 8,936 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 13, there have been 2,113 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 42 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 %
September 1389,3542,1132.4
September 1288,7162,0982.4
September 1187,5392,0782.4
September 1086,5962,0492.4
September 985,6232,0302.4
September 884,9672,0042.4
September 784,3111,9932.4
September 683,9951,9832.4
September 583,2321,9702.4
September 481,9931,9172.3

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