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15 Knox County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of July 19, there have been 15 Knox 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 456 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 19, there have been 190 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Knox 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 Knox County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
July 195,1171903.7
July 185,0661873.7
July 174,9291813.7
July 164,7451793.8
July 154,6581763.8
July 144,5081753.9
July 134,4491713.8
July 124,3891703.9
July 114,3041683.9
July 104,1711573.8

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