Lake County Gazette

As of June 5, there have been 1,582 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 8,013 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 19 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 5, there have been 8,647 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 334 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 5	50,530	8,647	17.1
June 4	49,623	8,584	17.3
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