Lake County Gazette

As of September 23, there have been 1,445 Lake County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 31,055 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 23, there have been 16,545 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 486 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 23	238,818	16,545	6.9
September 22	237,463	16,489	6.9
September 21	235,635	16,405	7.0
September 20	234,575	16,299	6.9
September 19	232,649	16,285	7.0
September 18	227,392	16,175	7.1
September 17	225,991	16,040	7.1
September 16	224,320	15,999	7.1
September 15	222,856	15,888	7.1
September 14	221,426	15,818	7.1