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

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As of June 16, 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 1,478 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that three percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through June 16, there have been 382 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.

Test results for the past 10 days in Sangamon County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
June 1620,3563821.9
June 1519,9563821.9
June 1419,6523781.9
June 1319,4383761.9
June 1219,2103772.0
June 1118,6213752.0
June 1017,9023672.1
June 917,4403662.1
June 817,0563642.1
June 716,7273632.2

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