Sangamon Sun

As of September 24, there have been 115 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 5,959 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 24, there have been 2,311 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
September 24	98,627	2,311	2.3
September 23	97,407	2,290	2.4
September 22	96,676	2,267	2.3
September 21	96,167	2,246	2.3
September 20	95,640	2,232	2.3
September 19	95,135	2,222	2.3
September 18	94,308	2,203	2.3
September 17	92,433	2,166	2.3
September 16	91,573	2,148	2.3
September 15	90,752	2,122	2.3