Carbondale Reporter

On August 26, 33 white residents of Williamson 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, 477 white residents have tested positive for COVID-19, constituting 61 percent of the positive cases in Williamson 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	334	33
African American	14	0
Asian	2	0
Hispanic	NA	0
Others	70	4