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

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As of October 3, there have been 278 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 15,819 residents in their sixties in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through October 3, there have been 2,606 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 46 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 %
October 3108,0482,6062.4
October 2107,0182,5512.4
October 1105,7892,5212.4
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

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