Lake County Gazette

As of June 9, there have been 605 Lake County residents 80 years of age and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 4,166 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 14 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 9, there have been 8,861 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 356 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 9	54,940	8,861	16.1
June 8	53,958	8,808	16.3
June 7	52,935	8,768	16.6
June 6	51,434	8,690	16.9
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