Lake County Gazette

As of August 24, there have been 792 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 13,820 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 24, there have been 13,937 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 455 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 24	184,842	13,937	7.5
August 23	183,186	13,857	7.6
August 22	181,615	13,808	7.6
August 21	179,692	13,741	7.6
August 20	177,960	13,668	7.7
August 19	175,845	13,591	7.7
August 18	174,221	13,485	7.7
August 17	172,351	13,375	7.8
August 16	170,569	13,282	7.8
August 15	168,648	13,231	7.8