Lake County Gazette

As of May 16, there have been 968 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 4,101 residents in their thirties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 23 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 16, there have been 6,382 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 209 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 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
May 7	17,518	4,762	27.2