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