Lake County Gazette

As of August 9, there have been 1,905 Lake County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 25,649 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that seven percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 9, there have been 12,670 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 446 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 9	157,134	12,670	8.1
August 8	155,081	12,617	8.1
August 7	152,885	12,491	8.2
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