Lake County Gazette

As of May 24, there have been 1,164 Lake County residents in their thirties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 5,487 residents in their thirties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 21 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 24, there have been 7,615 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
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
May 16	26,980	6,382	23.7
May 15	25,587	6,157	24.1