West Central Reporter

As of August 24, there have been seven Pike 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 162 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 24, there have been 57 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the coronavirus in Pike 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 %
August 24	1,948	57	2.9
August 23	1,914	52	2.7
August 22	1,895	48	2.5
August 21	1,869	47	2.5
August 20	1,860	41	2.2
August 19	1,825	39	2.1
August 18	1,818	38	2.1
August 17	1,799	35	1.9
August 16	1,772	34	1.9
August 15	1,753	33	1.9