COVID-19 Update from the Kankakee County Health Department

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COVID-19 UPDATE!
As of 04/13/2020 Kankakee County has 220 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been 7 new cases since our last update. Here is the information we can release about our most recent cases:

Case 214. Female in her 40s
Case 215. Male in his 80s
Case 216. Female in her 30s
Case 217. Male in his 40s
Case 218. Female in her 30s
Case 219. Female in her 20s
Case 220. Male in his 30s

Kankakee County now has 11 COVID-19 related deaths. Our deepest sympathies are with the families.

Kankakee County also has 33 recoveries.

Positive cases are county wide. We encourage you to continue taking precautions and practicing social distancing.

Our Communicable Disease nurses are working tirelessly to follow up with contact investigation and to notify anyone confirmed cases may have had contact with. Continue to follow our social media and website for daily updates. Moving forward, we will only be doing one update at 3pm every day. 

For zip code level information on confirmed positive COVID-19 cases please visit the IDPH Virtual map at: https://www.dph.illinois.gov/covid19/covid19-statistics

*Data are provisional as of 03:00 pm 04/13/2020 and subject to change.

Visit the Kankakee County Health Department for the latest updates and more resources.

Visit the Kankakee County Health Department for the latest updates and more resources.

Today the Governor announced an emergency expansion of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act that was approved this morning by the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission

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First responders and front line workers that are injured or suffer periods of incapacity from exposure to COVID-19 during a COVID-19 state of emergency will be entitled to rebuttable presumptions in contested hearings that the injury or incapacity arose out of and in the course of their employment, and were causally connected to the hazards or exposures of that employment.

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COVID-19 UPDATE

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Kankakee County Health Department COVID-19 Update

As of 04/10/2020 Kankakee County has 195 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been 32 new cases since our last update. Here is the information we can release about our most recent cases:

Case 164. Female in her teens
Case 165. Male in his 70s-deceased
Case 166. Male in his 60s
Case 167. Female in her 30s
Case 168. Female in her 60s
Case 169. Female in her 40s
Case 170. Male in his 30s
Case 171. Female in her 50s
Case 172. Female in her 50s
Case 173. Female in her 50s
Case 174. Adult female in her teens
Case 175. Female in her 30s
Case 176. Female in her 40s
Case 177. Female in her 30s
Case 178. Male in his 80s
Case 179. Female in her 80s
Case 180. Female in her 80s
Case 181. Male in his 50s
Case 182. Female in her 60s
Case 183. Female in her 30s
Case 184. Female in her 50s
Case 185. Female in her 40s
Case 186.Male in his 60s
Case 187. Male in his 40s
Case 188. Female in her 20s
Case 189. Male in his 30s
Case 190. Female in her 60s
Case 191. Female in her 20s
Case 192. Female in her 80s
Case 193. Male in his 40s
Case 194. Female in her 50s
Case 195. Male in his 50s

Kankakee County now has 10 COVID-19 related deaths . Our deepest sympathies are with the families.

Kankakee County also has 25 recoveries.

Positive cases are county wide. We encourage you to continue taking precautions and practicing social distancing.
Our Communicable Disease nurses are working tirelessly to follow up with contact investigation and to notify anyone confirmed cases may have had contact with. Continue to follow our social media and website for daily updates. Moving forward, we will only be doing one update at 3pm every day. 

For zip code level information on confirmed positive COVID-19 cases please visit the IDPH Virtual map at: https://www.dph.illinois.gov/covid19/covid19-statistics

*Data are provisional as of 03:15 pm 04/10/2020 and subject to change.