Lake County Gazette

As of June 3, there have been 463 Lake County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 3,782 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that 12 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 3, there have been 8,511 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 315 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 %
June 3	48,210	8,511	17.7
June 2	47,124	8,450	17.9
June 1	46,450	8,408	18.1
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