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Sunday, December 22, 2024

722 Lake County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of July 31, there have been 722 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 11,248 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 31, there have been 11,855 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 440 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 31137,87711,8558.6
July 30135,69911,7528.7
July 29134,12111,6498.7
July 28132,89711,6088.7
July 27131,63511,5238.8
July 26130,10311,4488.8
July 25127,85011,3668.9
July 24125,94511,2608.9
July 23123,80611,1599.0
July 22121,71011,0799.1

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