Lake County Gazette

As of August 27, there have been 803 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 14,105 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 27, there have been 14,223 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 462 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 27	189,925	14,223	7.5
August 26	188,481	14,172	7.5
August 25	186,753	14,027	7.5
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