Carbondale Reporter

On September 30, no Asian residents of Williamson County had COVID-19 tests return positive, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Since the start of the pandemic, six Asian residents have tested positive for COVID-19, constituting 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	176	6
African American	10	1
Hispanic	2	1
Asian	2	0
Others	40	2