Sangamon Sun

As of May 31, there have been 50 Sangamon County residents in their forties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 2,088 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 31, there have been 351 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 29 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
May 31	14,116	351	2.5
May 30	13,881	348	2.5
May 29	13,649	346	2.5
May 28	13,093	343	2.6
May 27	12,425	337	2.7
May 26	12,001	332	2.8
May 25	11,703	331	2.8
May 24	11,561	329	2.8
May 23	11,322	328	2.9
May 22	10,809	325	3.0