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37,577 DuPage County residents under 20-years-old test positive for COVID-19

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As of Jan. 11, there have been 37,577 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 618,863 residents under 20-years-old in the county who had been tested, meaning that 6.1 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Jan. 11, there have been 167,764 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,481 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 112,759,413167,7646.1
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

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