West Central Reporter

As of June 19, there have been eight Morgan 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 175 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 19, there have been 119 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three deaths from the coronavirus in Morgan 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
June 19	2,885	119	4.1
June 18	2,714	118	4.3
June 17	2,521	110	4.4
June 16	2,499	108	4.3
June 15	2,419	106	4.4
June 14	2,386	106	4.4
June 13	2,317	105	4.5
June 12	2,272	105	4.6
June 11	2,159	100	4.6
June 10	1,927	56	2.9