Lake County Gazette

As of June 28, there have been 1,701 Lake County residents in their forties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 11,737 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 14 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 28, there have been 9,644 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 415 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 28	79,960	9,644	12.1
June 27	78,369	9,608	12.3
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