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

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As of July 28, there have been 70 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 3,582 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through July 28, there have been 850 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 2849,7348501.7
July 2749,0078231.7
July 2648,2767931.6
July 2547,7027751.6
July 2447,0777571.6
July 2346,0417471.6
July 2244,9517171.6
July 2144,0636921.6
July 2043,5726711.5
July 1942,6536561.5

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