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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

86 Union County residents in their twenties test positive for COVID-19

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As of October 1, there have been 86 Union County residents in their twenties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 895 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through October 1, there have been 530 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 24 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 %
October 16,5375308.1
September 306,4785248.1
September 296,3685208.2
September 286,3375158.1
September 276,3265158.1
September 266,2925148.2
September 256,2505148.2
September 246,1825078.2
September 236,1445078.3
September 226,0364978.2

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