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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

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

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As of April 30, there have been 42 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 200 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that 21 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through April 30, there have been 178 confirmed COVID-19 cases and nine 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
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
April 302,7481786.5
April 292,6191696.5
April 282,4591596.5
April 272,2671135.0
April 262,1271044.9
April 252,052954.6
April 242,009814.0
April 231,873764.1
April 221,846693.7
April 211,768683.8

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