Sangamon Sun

As of June 8, there have been 57 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 1,205 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 8, there have been 364 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 31 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 %
June 8	17,056	364	2.1
June 7	16,727	363	2.2
June 6	16,453	362	2.2
June 5	16,211	360	2.2
June 4	15,601	359	2.3
June 3	14,945	353	2.4
June 2	14,613	350	2.4
June 1	14,392	350	2.4
May 31	14,116	351	2.5
May 30	13,881	348	2.5