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Thursday, July 10, 2025

1221 Lake County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of July 18, there have been 1,221 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 11,133 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that 11 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 18, there have been 10,767 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 433 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.

Test results for the past 10 days in Lake County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
July 18114,65010,7679.4
July 17112,89410,7079.5
July 16110,65910,6539.6
July 15108,13310,5619.8
July 14106,26410,4649.8
July 13104,80110,4229.9
July 12102,99110,37810.1
July 11100,71510,31810.2
July 1098,87310,25310.4
July 996,92810,17510.5

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