Lake County Gazette

As of September 1, there have been 804 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 14,645 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 1, there have been 14,639 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 467 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 %
September 1	197,555	14,639	7.4
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