Galesburg Reporter

As of August 31, there have been 16 Warren 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 262 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 258 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Warren 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 %
August 31	2,960	258	8.7
August 30	2,930	255	8.7
August 29	2,853	250	8.8
August 28	2,827	247	8.7
August 27	2,793	241	8.6
August 26	2,758	238	8.6
August 25	2,703	231	8.5
August 24	2,682	230	8.6
August 23	2,662	228	8.6
August 22	2,608	226	8.7