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

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As of September 30, there have been 117 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 6,201 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 30, there have been 2,479 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 45 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 30104,4802,4792.4
September 29103,6812,4502.4
September 28102,9402,4322.4
September 27102,1922,4112.4
September 26101,6992,4012.4
September 25100,3402,3672.4
September 2498,6272,3112.3
September 2397,4072,2902.4
September 2296,6762,2672.3
September 2196,1672,2462.3

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