Free at-home rapid COVID test kits available for Illinois residents in these zip codes

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Saturday, January 29, 2022
Free COVID test kits available for IL residents in these zip codes
Eligible Illinois residents can sign up for home delivery of five free at home COVID tests through the Access Covid Tests website.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois has announced a new partnership to send free rapid home COVID tests to eligible residents in 14 counties across the state, including several in the Chicago area.



The counties include: Cook, DuPage, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Kankakee, Lake, Macon, Madison, Marion, Peoria, St. Clair, Will, and Winnebago.



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This effort targets people living in certain, more vulnerable zip codes. Each household can sign up for a free home delivery of five tests at AccessCovidTests.org.



There are 225,000 test kits available, and it's first-come, first-served.



See the list of eligible zip codes by county in the Chicago area below:



Cook:


60302, 60651, 60164, 60165, 60609, 60632, 60406, 60445, 60472, 60803, 60626, 60659, 60616, 60653, 60636, 60621, 60620, 60628, 60624, 60644, 60411, 60461, 60466, 60612, 60619



DuPage:


60106, 60131



Kankakee:


60901, 60915



Lake:



60064, 60085



Will:


60432, 60435, 60436



See the rest of eligible zip codes across Illinois:



Henry


61345, 61443



Jackson


62966



Jefferson


62864



Macon



62521, 62522, 62526



Madison


62002



Marion


62801, 62882



Peoria


61602, 61605, 61606



St. Clair


62040, 62059, 62060, 62090, 62201, 62206, 62207



Winnebago


61101, 61103, 61111, 61102, 61104

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