Sangamon Sun

As of September 30, there have been seven Menard County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 498 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 30, there have been 128 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one death from the coronavirus in Menard 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 30	4,759	128	2.7
September 29	4,733	127	2.7
September 28	4,717	125	2.6
September 27	4,673	125	2.7
September 26	4,652	125	2.7
September 25	4,592	124	2.7
September 24	4,527	120	2.7
September 23	4,495	120	2.7
September 22	4,468	119	2.7
September 21	4,440	118	2.7