Lake County Gazette

As of August 31, there have been 704 Lake County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 15,567 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 14,594 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 466 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 31	196,496	14,594	7.4
August 30	195,364	14,522	7.4
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