Kankakee Times

As of September 7, there have been 456 Kankakee County residents in their twenties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 5,694 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that eight percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 7, there have been 2,415 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 72 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 %
September 7	42,745	2,415	5.6
September 6	42,592	2,394	5.6
September 5	42,188	2,371	5.6
September 4	41,943	2,354	5.6
September 3	40,301	2,290	5.7
September 2	39,836	2,274	5.7
September 1	39,559	2,256	5.7
August 31	39,396	2,237	5.7
August 30	39,215	2,216	5.7
August 29	38,684	2,168	5.6