Lake County Gazette

As of June 25, there have been 1,579 Lake County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 12,528 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 12 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 25, there have been 9,514 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 411 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 25	75,397	9,514	12.6
June 24	73,508	9,447	12.9
June 23	72,360	9,404	13.0
June 22	71,209	9,356	13.1
June 21	69,932	9,326	13.3
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