Lake County Gazette

As of July 15, there have been 705 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 9,619 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 15, there have been 10,561 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 429 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 15	108,133	10,561	9.8
July 14	106,264	10,464	9.8
July 13	104,801	10,422	9.9
July 12	102,991	10,378	10.1
July 11	100,715	10,318	10.2
July 10	98,873	10,253	10.4
July 9	96,928	10,175	10.5
July 8	95,032	10,104	10.6
July 7	93,418	10,039	10.7
July 6	91,988	10,007	10.9