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9 Lake County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19 on May 17

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Nine Lake County residents in their seventies tested positive for COVID-19 on May 17, according to numbers being reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

In total, there have been 348 positive cases reported in Lake County among residents in their seventies, accounting for 5.4 percent of all cases in the county. Through May 17, Lake County has reported a total of 6,489 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, 215 of which have ended with the victim's death.

Illinois gathers all of their 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 %
2020-05-1728,2216,48923%
2020-05-1626,9806,38223.7%
2020-05-1525,5876,15724.1%
2020-05-1424,4945,99224.5%
2020-05-1322,8565,75825.2%
2020-05-1222,0885,66225.6%
2020-05-1120,1845,32326.4%
2020-05-1019,8525,24526.4%
2020-05-0919,4925,19926.7%
2020-05-0818,4214,98527.1%

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