Sangamon Sun

As of August 28, there have been 99 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 4,823 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 28, there have been 1,724 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 28	75,713	1,724	2.3
August 27	75,243	1,701	2.3
August 26	74,741	1,680	2.2
August 25	73,771	1,656	2.2
August 24	72,877	1,637	2.2
August 23	72,508	1,612	2.2
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