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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

298 Kankakee County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 24, there have been 298 Kankakee County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 5,962 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 24, there have been 2,050 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 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
August 1633,3901,8865.6
August 1532,9741,8745.7

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