No Mercer County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19 on July 15

By Rock Island Today

Jul 16, 2020

As of July 15 there were six Mercer County residents in their fifties who were tested for the Coronavirus, none of those tests have come back positive for the virus, according to numbers being reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

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.

Test results for the past 10 days in Mercer County

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
2020-07-15	1,450	29	2%
2020-07-14	1,398	29	2.1%
2020-07-13	1,358	29	2.1%
2020-07-12	1,309	29	2.2%
2020-07-11	1,252	29	2.3%
2020-07-10	1,232	28	2.3%
2020-07-09	1,198	28	2.3%
2020-07-08	1,160	25	2.2%
2020-07-07	1,133	25	2.2%
2020-07-06	1,109	25	2.3%