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

By Sangamon Sun

Sep 17, 2020

As of September 17, there have been 233 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 13,827 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 17, there have been 2,166 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 44 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

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
September 17	92,433	2,166	2.3
September 16	91,573	2,148	2.3
September 15	90,752	2,122	2.3
September 14	89,913	2,115	2.4
September 13	89,354	2,113	2.4
September 12	88,716	2,098	2.4
September 11	87,539	2,078	2.4
September 10	86,596	2,049	2.4
September 9	85,623	2,030	2.4
September 8	84,967	2,004	2.4