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Monday, July 28, 2025

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

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As of August 26, there have been 134 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 3,711 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 26, there have been 2,089 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 2637,3882,0895.6
August 2536,8232,0645.6
August 2436,6282,0505.6
August 2336,3492,0335.6
August 2235,8722,0175.6
August 2135,2271,9865.6
August 2034,7191,9605.6
August 1934,3041,9355.6
August 1833,8631,9095.6
August 1733,6031,9005.7

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