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19 Massac County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of October 2, there have been 19 Massac 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 297 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through October 2, there have been 122 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two deaths from the coronavirus in Massac 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 Massac County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
October 22,8701224.3
October 12,8491214.2
September 302,8191174.2
September 292,8091134.0
September 282,7951134.0
September 272,7811124.0
September 262,7571094.0
September 252,7451073.9
September 242,7181063.9
September 232,675973.6

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