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Thursday, November 28, 2024

3,650 Lake County residents of 80 years and older test positive for COVID-19

Covid 22 edited

As of Jan. 21, there have been 3,650 Lake County residents of 80 years and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 126,628 residents of 80 years and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 2.9 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Jan. 21, there have been 132,514 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,204 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 212,338,488132,5145.7
January 202,322,505130,6025.6
January 192,312,150129,4975.6
January 182,303,804128,0445.6
January 142,254,631122,4975.4
January 132,240,534121,1345.4
January 122,227,550119,3055.4

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