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13 Union County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 17, there have been 13 Union 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 81 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that 16 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 17, there have been 122 confirmed COVID-19 cases and four deaths from the coronavirus in Union 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 Union County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 1791212213.4
May 1690212213.5
May 1584211713.9
May 1480311314.1
May 1371110514.8
May 125396311.7
May 115126312.3
May 105026312.5
May 94586213.5
May 84305813.5

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