As of August 11, there have been 116 Rock Island County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
There have been 4,217 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that two percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 11, there have been 1,764 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 36 deaths from the coronavirus in Rock Island County.
Illinois gathers all of its 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.
Test results for the past 10 days in Rock Island County
| Date | Total Tested | Total Positive | Positive % |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 | 37,413 | 1,764 | 4.7 |
| August 10 | 37,112 | 1,756 | 4.7 |
| August 9 | 36,807 | 1,745 | 4.7 |
| August 8 | 36,264 | 1,731 | 4.8 |
| August 7 | 35,752 | 1,679 | 4.7 |
| August 6 | 35,330 | 1,656 | 4.7 |
| August 5 | 34,729 | 1,649 | 4.7 |
| August 4 | 34,375 | 1,615 | 4.7 |
| August 3 | 34,059 | 1,605 | 4.7 |
| August 2 | 33,693 | 1,583 | 4.7 |
