Lake County Gazette

As of July 3, there have been 988 Lake County residents under 20 years of age who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 7,918 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that 12 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 3, there have been 9,864 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 421 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 3	87,740	9,864	11.2
July 2	86,258	9,811	11.4
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