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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

167 Kankakee County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of September 17, there have been 167 Kankakee County residents 80 years of age and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 4,663 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 17, there have been 2,591 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 76 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 %
September 1747,1022,5915.5
September 1646,5072,5745.5
September 1545,8222,5465.6
September 1445,5742,5405.6
September 1345,2892,5285.6
September 1244,9262,5115.6
September 1144,4812,4755.6
September 1043,9852,4675.6
September 943,4192,4355.6
September 843,0892,4265.6

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