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15 Mercer County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of September 6, there have been 15 Mercer 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 443 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 6, there have been 112 confirmed COVID-19 cases and five deaths from the coronavirus in Mercer 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 Mercer County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
September 63,7841123.0
September 53,7221143.1
September 43,6181143.2
September 33,3731063.1
September 23,3461033.1
September 13,3071033.1
August 313,2911003.0
August 303,236993.1
August 293,207983.1
August 283,152973.1

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