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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

6,554 LaSalle County residents under 20-years-old test positive for COVID-19

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As of March 15, there have been 6,554 LaSalle 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 107,022 residents under 20-years-old in the county who had been tested, meaning that 6.1 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 15, there have been 28,743 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 379 deaths from the coronavirus in LaSalle 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 LaSalle County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
March 15473,19228,7436.1
March 14472,64328,7296.1
March 11471,01028,7096.1
March 10469,56628,7016.1
March 9468,24828,6896.1
March 8467,51728,6786.1
March 7467,08928,6696.1

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