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Saturday, May 3, 2025

2637 Lake County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of September 18, there have been 2,637 Lake County residents under 20 years of age who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 27,204 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that nine percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 18, there have been 16,175 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 484 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.

Test results for the past 10 days in Lake County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
September 18227,39216,1757.1
September 17225,99116,0407.1
September 16224,32015,9997.1
September 15222,85615,8887.1
September 14221,42615,8187.1
September 13219,76915,7767.2
September 12218,00415,7007.2
September 11215,69415,5837.2
September 10213,64815,4727.2
September 9212,52015,3797.2

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