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211 Sangamon County residents in their sixties test positive for COVID-19

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As of September 8, there have been 211 Sangamon County residents in their sixties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 12,836 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 8, there have been 2,004 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 39 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 %
September 884,9672,0042.4
September 784,3111,9932.4
September 683,9951,9832.4
September 583,2321,9702.4
September 481,9931,9172.3
September 379,4201,8442.3
September 278,7891,8372.3
September 178,3351,8042.3
August 3178,0461,7842.3
August 3077,0251,7512.3

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