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Thursday, July 31, 2025

53 Williamson County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 5, there have been 53 Williamson County residents under 20 years of age who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 994 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 5, there have been 349 confirmed COVID-19 cases and five deaths from the coronavirus in Williamson County.

Illinois gathers all of its COVID-19 data from across the state electronically. The reported cases and deaths will fluctuate as additional info is gathered. Chicago was home to one of the first known cases of COVID-19 in the US, as well as it's transmission.

Test results for the past 10 days in Williamson County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 512,2263492.9
August 411,9303442.9
August 311,7413412.9
August 211,5633292.8
August 111,3513152.8
July 3111,1603012.7
July 3010,9562892.6
July 2910,7852802.6
July 2810,6402702.5
July 2710,5792702.6

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