Lake County Gazette

As of August 11, there have been 1,730 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 17,580 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 11, there have been 12,852 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 447 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 11	161,076	12,852	8.0
August 10	159,002	12,741	8.0
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