Sangamon County Sees First COVID Death Since Late July

Sangamon County has seen its first COVID-related death in almost three weeks.
 
A man in his 80s, who was fully vaccinated and boosted, died Tuesday of complications from the virus. It was the first reported death in the county from COVID since July 29^th.
 
402 Sangamon County residents have died of COVID complications since the start of the pandemic in March of 2020, out of more than 66,700 total cases locally.