Lake County Gazette

As of May 17, there have been 1,239 Lake County residents in their forties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 4,854 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 25 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 17, there have been 6,489 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 215 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 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
May 9	19,492	5,199	26.7
May 8	18,421	4,985	27.1