Rockford Sun

On May 31, eight Hispanic residents of Winnebago County had their COVID-19 test return positive, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Since the start of the pandemic, 428 Hispanic residents have tested positive for COVID-19, constituting 19 percent of the positive cases in Winnebago County.

Illinois gathers all of their 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.

Race	Number Tested	Number Positive
Hispanic	28	8
White	67	6
African American	11	1
Asian	2	0
Others	316	27