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41 Kankakee County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 21, there have been 41 Kankakee 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 252 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that 16 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 21, there have been 709 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 40 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 215,46670913.0
May 205,29770313.3
May 195,19269313.3
May 185,11767313.2
May 175,01766913.3
May 164,85065713.5
May 154,76064713.6
May 144,60962313.5
May 134,39760713.8
May 124,14258314.1

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