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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

19,794 Lake County residents in their 20s test positive for COVID-19

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As of Jan. 10, there have been 19,794 Lake County residents in their 20s who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 285,944 residents in their 20s in the county who had been tested, meaning that 6.9 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Jan. 10, there have been 115,776 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,172 deaths from the coronavirus in Lake County.

Illinois was home to some of the first reported COVID-19 cases in the US. It has suffered numerous waves of the pandemic, which peaked in the fall of 2020. As the Midwestern hub of the US, Illinois businesses suffered greatly, including layoffs at two major airlines based in the state.

Test results for the past 10 days in Lake County

DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
January 102,203,729115,7765.3
January 72,176,570111,7495.1
January 62,164,214109,7155.1
January 52,153,107107,8415
January 42,144,697106,2165
January 32,138,802105,1724.9

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