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109 Sangamon County residents 80 or older test positive for COVID-19

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As of September 14, there have been 109 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 5,449 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 14, there have been 2,115 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 42 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 1489,9132,1152.4
September 1389,3542,1132.4
September 1288,7162,0982.4
September 1187,5392,0782.4
September 1086,5962,0492.4
September 985,6232,0302.4
September 884,9672,0042.4
September 784,3111,9932.4
September 683,9951,9832.4
September 583,2321,9702.4

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