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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

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

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As of August 16, there have been 216 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 8,973 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 16, there have been 1,447 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 35 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 1667,0121,4472.2
August 1566,4831,4222.1
August 1465,5431,3912.1
August 1364,3801,3452.1
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

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