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8 Pulaski County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 27, there have been eight Pulaski 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 67 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that 11 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 27, there have been 117 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 271,05011711.1
August 261,04711410.9
August 251,01610710.5
August 241,01110610.5
August 231,00610510.4
August 2298710410.5
August 2198110210.4
August 2097310210.5
August 1996310210.6
August 1894210110.7

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