Lake County Gazette

As of September 13, there have been 3,231 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 36,873 residents in their twenties in the county who had been tested, meaning that eight percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 13, there have been 15,776 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 481 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 13	219,769	15,776	7.2
September 12	218,004	15,700	7.2
September 11	215,694	15,583	7.2
September 10	213,648	15,472	7.2
September 9	212,520	15,379	7.2
September 8	210,681	15,349	7.3
September 7	209,408	15,250	7.3
September 6	208,839	15,192	7.3
September 5	207,040	15,151	7.3
September 4	205,095	15,006	7.3