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166 Kankakee County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of October 2, there have been 166 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 5,900 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through October 2, there have been 2,822 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 78 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 %
October 253,1502,8225.3
October 152,7622,7885.3
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

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