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52 Sangamon County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of May 21, there have been 52 Sangamon County residents 80 years of age and older who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 645 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that eight percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 21, there have been 324 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 26 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 %
May 21
10,622
324
3.1
May 20
9,914
319
3.2
May 19
8,548
311
3.6
May 18
8,274
309
3.7
May 17
7,739
307
4.0
May 16
7,544
304
4.0
May 15
6,746
299
4.4
May 14
6,342
289
4.6
May 13
5,917
279
4.7
May 12
5,735
276
4.8

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