Lake County Gazette

As of May 29, there have been 875 Lake County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 5,795 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 15 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 29, there have been 8,063 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 287 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 29	42,137	8,063	19.1
May 28	40,836	7,933	19.4
May 27	39,702	7,845	19.8
May 26	39,082	7,767	19.9
May 25	38,505	7,723	20.1
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