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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

209 Kankakee County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 23, there have been 209 Kankakee County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 5,768 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 23, there have been 2,033 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 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
August 1432,7151,8575.7

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