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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

36,074 Will County residents under 20-years-old test positive for COVID-19

Covid 20 edited

As of March 15, there have been 36,074 Will 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 483,072 residents under 20-years-old in the county who had been tested, meaning that 7.5 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 15, there have been 160,674 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,505 deaths from the coronavirus in Will 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 Will County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
March 152,295,090160,6747
March 142,292,633160,5847
March 112,284,840160,4487
March 102,280,570160,3217
March 92,276,124160,2527
March 82,273,612160,1697
March 72,271,489160,0987

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