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Sunday, October 5, 2025

202 Macon County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of September 17, there have been 202 Macon 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 3,279 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 17, there have been 1,305 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 34 deaths from the coronavirus in Macon 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 Macon County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
September 1733,1961,3053.9
September 1632,4881,2783.9
September 1531,9461,2473.9
September 1431,7441,2293.9
September 1331,6081,2243.9
September 1231,1891,2093.9
September 1130,9181,1823.8
September 1030,6331,1623.8
September 930,2361,1393.8
September 829,7851,1293.8

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