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5420 Cook County residents in their twenties test positive for COVID-19

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As of June 18, there have been 5,420 Cook County residents in their twenties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 37,579 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 14 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 18, there have been 36,095 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,874 deaths from the coronavirus in Cook 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 Cook County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
June 18282,26336,09512.8
June 17277,64735,92912.9
June 16271,47735,76213.2
June 15267,65335,58113.3
June 14263,29835,45713.5
June 13258,61335,29613.6
June 12254,34635,14813.8
June 11249,14435,03914.1
June 10244,95934,84314.2
June 9240,36434,66814.4

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