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

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As of September 30, there have been 172 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 5,122 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 30, there have been 2,776 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 77 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 3052,2542,7765.3
September 2951,6482,7645.4
September 2851,3062,7525.4
September 2751,0782,7415.4
September 2650,8932,7315.4
September 2550,5802,7095.4
September 2450,2442,6945.4
September 2349,6252,6765.4
September 2248,9392,6605.4
September 2148,6472,6485.4

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