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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

38 Perry County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

Vaccine

As of August 31, there have been 38 Perry 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 522 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 291 confirmed COVID-19 cases and nine deaths from the coronavirus in Perry 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 Perry County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 315,1522915.6
August 305,0822875.6
August 294,8092886.0
August 284,7722866.0
August 274,7212836.0
August 264,6972785.9
August 254,6382725.9
August 244,6052715.9
August 234,5502665.8
August 224,3362565.9

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