Lake County Gazette

As of September 6, there have been 3,093 Lake County residents in their twenties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 34,818 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that eight percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 6, there have been 15,192 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 473 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 6	208,839	15,192	7.3
September 5	207,040	15,151	7.3
September 4	205,095	15,006	7.3
September 3	200,424	14,767	7.4
September 2	199,165	14,697	7.4
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