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4,634 Rock Island County residents under 20 years old test positive for COVID-19

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As of Dec. 30, there have been 4,634 Rock Island 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 59,798 residents under 20 years old in the county who had been tested, meaning that 7.7 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Dec. 30, there have been 24,040 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 406 deaths from the coronavirus in Rock Island 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 Rock Island County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
December 30351,97824,0406.8
December 29350,70323,7456.8
December 28349,61323,5786.7
December 27349,13023,4416.7
December 23346,24423,0426.7
December 22344,95422,9526.7
December 21343,97122,8156.6

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