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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

2042 Lake County residents in their forties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 6, there have been 2,042 Lake County residents in their forties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 21,259 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine 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.

Test results for the past 10 days in Lake County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 6150,68312,3768.2
August 5148,67212,3158.3
August 4146,34912,2238.4
August 3144,05612,0898.4
August 2142,15211,9828.4
August 1140,07211,9528.5
July 31137,87711,8558.6
July 30135,69911,7528.7
July 29134,12111,6498.7
July 28132,89711,6088.7

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