Lake County Gazette

As of June 16, there have been 1,589 Lake County residents in their twenties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 9,598 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 16 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 16, there have been 9,133 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 386 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 16	63,551	9,133	14.4
June 15	62,709	9,109	14.5
June 14	61,492	9,076	14.8
June 13	60,305	9,033	15.0
June 12	59,277	8,980	15.1
June 11	57,828	8,934	15.4
June 10	56,253	8,886	15.8
June 9	54,940	8,861	16.1
June 8	53,958	8,808	16.3
June 7	52,935	8,768	16.6