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Thursday, November 21, 2024

11,929 Lake County residents in their 60s test positive for COVID-19

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As of Jan. 31, there have been 11,929 Lake County residents in their 60s who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 227,565 residents in their 60s in the county who had been tested, meaning that 5.2 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through Jan. 31, there have been 140,282 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,237 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 312,429,979140,2825.8
January 282,409,113138,9015.8
January 272,394,519137,8415.8
January 262,381,088137,0485.8
January 252,376,526136,2025.7
January 242,371,820135,5355.7

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