Quantcast

Kankakee Times

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

1,536 Iroquois County residents under 20-years-old test positive for COVID-19

Webp covid 2026 20edited

As of March 10, there have been 1,536 Iroquois County residents under 20-years-old who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 17,067 residents under 20-years-old in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 10, there have been 7,115 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 111 deaths from the coronavirus in Iroquois County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Test results for the past 10 days in Iroquois County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
March 10107,5467,1156.6
March 9107,3597,1146.6
March 8107,1797,1096.6
March 7107,0587,1066.6
March 4106,5977,1046.7
March 3106,3577,1016.7
March 2106,1647,0986.7
March 1105,7987,0966.7

MORE NEWS