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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

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

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As of July 6, there have been 55 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 978 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 6, there have been 582 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 20 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
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
July 610,5645825.5
July 510,4715785.5
July 410,3615725.5
July 310,2485675.5
July 210,1465635.5
July 19,7865585.7
June 309,2445505.9
June 299,1245425.9
June 289,0015416.0
June 278,8455376.1

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