Quantcast

Kendall County Times

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

477 Kendall County residents of 80 years and older test positive for COVID-19

Covid 8 edited

As of March 14, there have been 477 Kendall County residents of 80 years and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 10,428 residents of 80 years and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 4.6 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through March 14, there have been 30,671 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 157 deaths from the coronavirus in Kendall 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 Kendall County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
March 14355,80430,6718.6
March 11354,77630,6378.6
March 10354,17530,6148.6
March 9353,50630,6008.7
March 8353,01830,5828.7
March 7352,62330,5748.7

MORE NEWS