Dupage Policy Journal

As of Jan. 20, there have been 42,564 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 654,315 residents under 20-years-old in the county who had been tested, meaning that 6.5 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Jan. 20, there have been 183,881 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,530 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
January 20	2,885,422	183,881	6.4
January 19	2,872,822	182,650	6.4
January 18	2,861,982	181,078	6.3
January 14	2,809,059	174,516	6.2
January 13	2,790,311	172,571	6.2
January 12	2,774,203	170,233	6.1
January 11	2,759,413	167,764	6.1