Lake County Gazette

As of May 31, there have been 1,464 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 7,653 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 19 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 31, there have been 8,331 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 291 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 31	45,119	8,331	18.5
May 30	44,137	8,238	18.7
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