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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

24,443 Will County residents under 20 years old test positive for COVID-19

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As of Dec. 28, there have been 24,443 Will County residents under 20 years old who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 378,038 residents under 20 years old in the county who had been tested, meaning that 6.5 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Dec. 28, there have been 116,239 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,234 deaths from the coronavirus in Will County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Test results for the past 10 days in Will County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
December 281,876,309116,2396.2
December 271,870,533115,0456.2
December 231,843,484111,6796.1
December 221,834,209110,5816
December 211,825,197109,6136
December 201,818,242109,0736

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