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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

197 Sangamon County residents in their forties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 12, there have been 197 Sangamon County residents in their forties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 8,404 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 12, there have been 1,323 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 %
August 1263,0961,3232.1
August 1162,3461,2972.1
August 1061,4151,2742.1
August 960,7991,2472.1
August 860,2201,2292.0
August 759,2331,1942.0
August 658,0031,1512.0
August 556,7081,0961.9
August 455,6861,0571.9
August 354,9481,0371.9

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