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71 Sangamon County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of July 9, there have been 71 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 5,840 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 9, there have been 493 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 33 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 %
July 934,3384931.4
July 833,4554731.4
July 732,8904621.4
July 632,1354551.4
July 531,8004501.4
July 431,3164461.4
July 330,5354401.4
July 229,6974361.5
July 129,1814311.5
June 3028,7954261.5

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