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45 Sangamon County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of July 17, there have been 45 Sangamon County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 4,548 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 17, there have been 622 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 1741,0336221.5
July 1639,7846031.5
July 1538,8935871.5
July 1437,6685531.5
July 1337,1195471.5
July 1236,4215311.5
July 1135,6745191.5
July 1035,0395091.5
July 934,3384931.4
July 833,4554731.4

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