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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

51 Kankakee County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 19, there have been 51 Kankakee County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 535 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 19, there have been 693 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 34 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 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
May 113,98455714.0
May 103,60054015.0

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