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Friday, May 30, 2025

1491 DuPage County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 19, there have been 1,491 DuPage 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 21,047 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 19, there have been 13,289 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 527 deaths from the coronavirus in DuPage 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 DuPage County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 19222,15413,2896.0
August 18219,20213,1516.0
August 17216,70913,0326.0
August 16214,18112,8926.0
August 15211,85612,8156.0
August 14208,87912,6936.1
August 13206,22412,5926.1
August 12203,48612,5116.1
August 11201,60412,4276.2
August 10198,86612,3126.2

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