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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

49,934 DuPage County residents under 20-years-old test positive for COVID-19

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As of March 16, there have been 49,934 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 786,037 residents under 20-years-old in the county who had been tested, meaning that 6.4 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 16, there have been 207,613 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,689 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 %
March 163,258,784207,6136.4
March 153,253,610207,5176.4
March 143,250,820207,2076.4
March 113,238,144206,9496.4
March 103,231,304206,7226.4
March 93,224,498206,6046.4
March 83,219,688206,4926.4
March 73,216,801206,3886.4

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