Kendall County Times

On August 31, four African American residents of Kendall 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, 140 African American residents have tested positive for COVID-19, constituting eight percent of the positive cases in Kendall 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	82	4
African American	13	4
Hispanic	18	1
Asian	2	0
Others	77	0