Lake County Gazette

As of August 29, there have been 2,130 Lake County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 31,187 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 29, there have been 14,455 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 464 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 29	193,339	14,455	7.5
August 28	191,449	14,379	7.5
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