36,902 DuPage County residents under 20-years-old test positive for COVID-19

36,902 DuPage County residents under 20-years-old test positive for COVID-19
By DuPage Policy Journal

As of Jan. 10, there have been 36,902 DuPage County residents under 20-years-old who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 614,654 residents under 20-years-old in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Jan. 10, there have been 165,689 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,479 deaths from the coronavirus in DuPage County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Test results for the past 10 days in DuPage County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
January 102,742,518165,6896
January 72,703,767159,8015.9
January 62,688,541157,0945.8
January 52,673,272153,7135.7
January 42,660,952151,6815.7
January 32,653,783150,1495.7