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Friday, November 29, 2024

29,660 Kane County residents under 20-years-old test positive for COVID-19

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As of Feb. 18, there have been 29,660 Kane 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 381,134 residents under 20-years-old in the county who had been tested, meaning that 7.8 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Feb. 18, there have been 123,800 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,085 deaths from the coronavirus in Kane 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 Kane County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
February 181,563,282123,8007.9
February 171,559,409123,6667.9
February 161,555,226123,5817.9
February 151,553,219123,4717.9
February 141,549,631123,3438
February 101,534,502122,6408
February 91,530,754122,4908

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