Lake County Gazette

As of August 3, there have been 1,518 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 15,056 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that 10 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 3, there have been 12,089 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
August 3	144,056	12,089	8.4
August 2	142,152	11,982	8.4
August 1	140,072	11,952	8.5
July 31	137,877	11,855	8.6
July 30	135,699	11,752	8.7
July 29	134,121	11,649	8.7
July 28	132,897	11,608	8.7
July 27	131,635	11,523	8.8
July 26	130,103	11,448	8.8
July 25	127,850	11,366	8.9