Kankakee Times

As of August 31, there have been 135 Kankakee County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 4,515 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 2,237 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
August 31	39,396	2,237	5.7
August 30	39,215	2,216	5.7
August 29	38,684	2,168	5.6
August 28	38,290	2,149	5.6
August 27	37,734	2,107	5.6
August 26	37,388	2,089	5.6
August 25	36,823	2,064	5.6
August 24	36,628	2,050	5.6
August 23	36,349	2,033	5.6
August 22	35,872	2,017	5.6