As of September 19, there have been 354 Sangamon County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
There have been 15,319 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 19, there have been 2,222 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 44 deaths from the coronavirus in Sangamon 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.
Test results for the past 10 days in Sangamon County
| Date | Total Tested | Total Positive | Positive % |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 19 | 95,135 | 2,222 | 2.3 |
| September 18 | 94,308 | 2,203 | 2.3 |
| September 17 | 92,433 | 2,166 | 2.3 |
| September 16 | 91,573 | 2,148 | 2.3 |
| September 15 | 90,752 | 2,122 | 2.3 |
| September 14 | 89,913 | 2,115 | 2.4 |
| September 13 | 89,354 | 2,113 | 2.4 |
| September 12 | 88,716 | 2,098 | 2.4 |
| September 11 | 87,539 | 2,078 | 2.4 |
| September 10 | 86,596 | 2,049 | 2.4 |
