Lake County Gazette

As of June 26, there have been 1,007 Lake County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 10,827 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 26, there have been 9,553 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 412 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 26	76,943	9,553	12.4
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