Lake County Gazette

As of August 17, there have been 791 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 13,125 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 17, there have been 13,375 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 450 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 17	172,351	13,375	7.8
August 16	170,569	13,282	7.8
August 15	168,648	13,231	7.8
August 14	166,450	13,144	7.9
August 13	164,757	13,047	7.9
August 12	162,965	12,939	7.9
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