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23 DeKalb County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 27, there have been 23 DeKalb 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 280 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that eight percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 27, there have been 334 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three deaths from the coronavirus in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County
Date
Total Tested
Total Positive
Positive %
May 27
3,719
334
9.0
May 26
3,614
331
9.2
May 25
3,536
325
9.2
May 24
3,451
319
9.2
May 23
3,312
309
9.3
May 22
3,188
299
9.4
May 21
2,768
287
10.4
May 20
2,639
276
10.5
May 19
2,528
268
10.6
May 18
2,416
262
10.8

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