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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

1383 Lake County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 26, there have been 1,383 Lake County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 6,695 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 20 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 26, there have been 7,767 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 250 deaths from the coronavirus in Lake County.

Illinois gathers all of its COVID-19 data from across the state electronically. The reported cases and deaths will fluctuate as additional info is gathered. Chicago was home to one of the first known cases of COVID-19 in the US, as well as it's transmission.

Test results for the past 10 days in Lake County
Date
Total Tested
Total Positive
Positive %
May 26
39,082
7,767
19.9
May 25
38,505
7,723
20.1
May 24
37,304
7,615
20.4
May 23
35,880
7,465
20.8
May 22
34,519
7,291
21.1
May 21
33,237
7,128
21.4
May 20
31,162
6,905
22.2
May 19
29,968
6,709
22.4
May 18
29,282
6,645
22.7
May 17
28,221
6,489
23.0

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