Rock Island Today

As of August 5, there have been 257 Rock Island County residents in their fifties who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 4,813 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 5, there have been 1,649 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 33 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 %
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
August 1	33,241	1,564	4.7
July 31	32,901	1,549	4.7
July 30	32,515	1,524	4.7
July 29	31,884	1,478	4.6
July 28	31,584	1,467	4.6
July 27	31,290	1,454	4.6