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

By Sangamon Sun

Oct 4, 2020

As of October 4, there have been 119 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 6,448 residents 80 and older in the county who had been tested, meaning that one percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through October 4, there have been 2,633 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

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
October 4	108,336	2,633	2.4
October 3	108,048	2,606	2.4
October 2	107,018	2,551	2.4
October 1	105,789	2,521	2.4
September 30	104,480	2,479	2.4
September 29	103,681	2,450	2.4
September 28	102,940	2,432	2.4
September 27	102,192	2,411	2.4
September 26	101,699	2,401	2.4
September 25	100,340	2,367	2.4