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9 Putnam County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of September 26, there have been nine Putnam 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 138 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 26, there have been 57 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Putnam 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 Putnam County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
September 261,165574.9
September 251,157574.9
September 241,126554.9
September 231,106555.0
September 221,102524.7
September 211,090494.5
September 201,082434.0
September 191,063424.0
September 181,051403.8
September 171,014383.7

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