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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

1 Lake County resident in seventies tests positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 11

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One Lake County resident in his or her seventies tested positive for COVID-19 on August 11, according to numbers being reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

In total, there have been 634 positive cases reported in Lake County among residents in their seventies, accounting for 4.9 percent of all cases in the county. Through August 11, Lake County has reported a total of 12,852 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, 447 of which have ended with the victim's death.

Illinois gathers all of their 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 %
2020-08-11161,07612,8528%
2020-08-10159,00212,7418%
2020-08-09157,13412,6708.1%
2020-08-08155,08112,6178.1%
2020-08-07152,88512,4918.2%
2020-08-06150,68312,3768.2%
2020-08-05148,67212,3158.3%
2020-08-04146,34912,2238.4%
2020-08-03144,05612,0898.4%
2020-08-02142,15211,9828.4%

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