West Central Reporter

On September 25, no white residents of Brown 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, 28 white residents have tested positive for COVID-19, constituting 50 percent of the positive cases in Brown 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
African American	11	10
Hispanic	NA	6
White	1	0
Asian	NA	0
Others	12	5