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Saturday, April 19, 2025

1213 Lake County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 19, there have been 1,213 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 5,209 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 23 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 19, there have been 6,709 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 221 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 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
May 11
20,184
5,323
26.4
May 10
19,852
5,245
26.4

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