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

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As of August 14, there have been 121 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 3,245 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 14, there have been 1,857 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 69 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 %
August 1432,7151,8575.7
August 1332,2551,8295.7
August 1231,5941,8075.7
August 1131,0041,8025.8
August 1030,8181,7875.8
August 930,6761,7825.8
August 830,2791,7685.8
August 729,8601,7255.8
August 629,6581,7135.8
August 529,3011,7085.8

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