Sangamon Sun

As of June 9, there have been 46 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 3,014 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 9, there have been 366 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 9	17,440	366	2.1
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