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78 Kankakee County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 26, there have been 78 Kankakee County residents 80 years of age and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 595 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 13 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 26, there have been 802 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 42 deaths from the coronavirus in Kankakee 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 Kankakee County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
May 266,54980212.2
May 256,47179912.3
May 246,32179112.5
May 236,14778312.7
May 225,97375312.6
May 215,46670913.0
May 205,29770313.3
May 195,19269313.3
May 185,11767313.2
May 175,01766913.3

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