Sangamon Sun

As of August 22, there have been 96 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 4,632 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 22, there have been 1,593 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 37 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
August 22	71,717	1,593	2.2
August 21	70,962	1,570	2.2
August 20	70,273	1,544	2.2
August 19	69,276	1,532	2.2
August 18	68,250	1,487	2.2
August 17	67,394	1,462	2.2
August 16	67,012	1,447	2.2
August 15	66,483	1,422	2.1
August 14	65,543	1,391	2.1
August 13	64,380	1,345	2.1