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Friday, April 18, 2025

408 Lake County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 21, there have been 408 Lake County residents 80 years of age and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 1,979 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 20 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 21, there have been 7,128 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 237 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 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
May 16
26,980
6,382
23.7
May 15
25,587
6,157
24.1
May 14
24,494
5,992
24.5
May 13
22,856
5,758
25.2
May 12
22,088
5,662
25.6

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