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892 Iroquois County residents in their 20s test positive for COVID-19

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As of Jan. 19, there have been 892 Iroquois County residents in their 20s who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 11,956 residents in their 20s in the county who had been tested, meaning that 7.5 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Jan. 19, there have been 6,448 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 97 deaths from the coronavirus in Iroquois 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 Iroquois County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
January 1996,6426,4486.7
January 1896,3366,3906.6
January 1494,8036,1806.5
January 1394,2256,1266.5
January 1293,7826,0646.5
January 1193,4556,0146.4
January 1092,9855,9486.4

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