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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

323 Kankakee County residents in their forties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 18, there have been 323 Kankakee County residents in their forties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 4,501 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 18, there have been 1,909 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 71 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 1833,8631,9095.6
August 1733,6031,9005.7
August 1633,3901,8865.6
August 1532,9741,8745.7
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

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