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250 Kankakee County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 27, there have been 250 Kankakee County residents under 20 years of age who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 2,816 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that eight percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 27, there have been 2,107 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 2737,7342,1075.6
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

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