West Central Reporter

As of September 4, there have been 18 Greene 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 330 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 4, there have been 152 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Greene 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 %
September 4	2,762	152	5.5
September 3	2,489	130	5.2
September 2	2,439	129	5.3
September 1	2,426	115	4.7
August 31	2,419	115	4.8
August 30	2,373	105	4.4
August 29	2,367	103	4.4
August 28	2,332	99	4.2
August 27	2,313	97	4.2
August 26	2,297	97	4.2