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Thursday, May 15, 2025

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

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As of August 24, there have been 117 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 1,469 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that eight percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 24, there have been 716 confirmed COVID-19 cases and nine 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 2416,8037164.3
August 2316,6236954.2
August 2216,3356734.1
August 2116,0876544.1
August 2015,8156374.0
August 1915,5796204.0
August 1815,0815683.8
August 1714,8975523.7
August 1614,6745343.6
August 1514,4825123.5

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