Lake County Gazette

As of July 1, there have been 1,597 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 14,143 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 11 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 1, there have been 9,752 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 418 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 %
July 1	84,889	9,752	11.5
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