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

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As of May 31, there have been 79 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 648 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 12 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 31, there have been 910 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 45 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 317,68991011.8
May 307,44490012.1
May 297,15687112.2
May 286,82583612.2
May 276,66080812.1
May 266,54980212.2
May 256,47179912.3
May 246,32179112.5
May 236,14778312.7
May 225,97375312.6

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