1675 Will County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

As of September 22, there have been 1,675 Will 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 21,082 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 22, there have been 13,539 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 373 deaths from the coronavirus in Will 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.