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Monday, July 28, 2025

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

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As of August 29, there have been 270 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 2,969 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 29, there have been 2,168 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 2938,6842,1685.6
August 2838,2902,1495.6
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

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