Lake County Gazette

As of June 30, there have been 676 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 7,325 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 30, there have been 9,719 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 416 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 30	83,472	9,719	11.6
June 29	81,907	9,695	11.8
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