Rock Island Today

As of May 18, there have been 90 Rock Island County residents in their forties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 567 residents in their forties in the county who had been tested, meaning that 15 percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through May 18, there have been 590 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 18 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.

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
May 18	3,489	590	16.9
May 17	3,321	577	17.4
May 16	3,194	570	17.8
May 15	3,015	563	18.7
May 14	2,870	543	18.9
May 13	2,785	538	19.3
May 12	2,731	530	19.4
May 11	2,544	517	20.3
May 10	2,487	515	20.7
May 9	2,380	507	21.3