Lake County Gazette

As of August 6, there have been 735 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 11,820 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 6, there have been 12,376 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 444 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 6	150,683	12,376	8.2
August 5	148,672	12,315	8.3
August 4	146,349	12,223	8.4
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