Lake County Gazette

As of June 20, there have been 653 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 5,546 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 11 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 20, there have been 9,279 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 398 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 20	68,781	9,279	13.5
June 19	67,608	9,242	13.7
June 18	66,234	9,207	13.9
June 17	64,967	9,154	14.1
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