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

Friday, January 28, 2022
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.
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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:
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60064, 60085

Will:
60432, 60435, 60436

See the rest of eligible zip codes across Illinois:

Henry
61345, 61443

Jackson
62966

Jefferson
62864

Macon
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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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