Protester Tests Positive For COVID-19

MCHENRY COUNTY, IL — A person who tested positive for COVID-19 attended a protest in McHenry, local health officials said Wednesday. The person was not showing symptoms while at the protest from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on June 27.

The protest began at Knox Park in McHenry and ended at the McHenry Police Department, according to the McHenry County Department of Health.

MCDH is encouraging anyone who attended the event to get tested.

The nearest community-based testing sites, located in Rockford, Rolling Meadows and Waukegan, offer free testing and are open to all, symptoms or no symptoms. Private testing locations in McHenry County have requirements that an individual must meet to receive testing.

A map with testing locations can be found here.