Rockford Sun

On October 3, 22 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, 1,570 Hispanic residents have tested positive for COVID-19, constituting 23 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
White	732	82
Hispanic	142	22
African American	122	8
Asian	12	4
Others	554	19