West Central Reporter

As of July 21, there have been eight Cass 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 204 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 21, there have been 157 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths from the coronavirus in Cass 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 %
July 21	2,362	157	6.6
July 20	2,337	156	6.7
July 19	2,316	152	6.6
July 18	2,284	146	6.4
July 17	2,265	145	6.4
July 16	2,236	141	6.3
July 15	2,198	140	6.4
July 14	2,163	140	6.5
July 13	2,150	140	6.5
July 12	2,138	140	6.5