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286 Rock Island County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 17, there have been 286 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 5,498 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 17, there have been 1,884 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 41 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
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 1739,8161,8844.7
August 1639,4471,8694.7
August 1538,9261,8504.8
August 1438,6081,8314.7
August 1338,2641,7964.7
August 1237,7711,7844.7
August 1137,4131,7644.7
August 1037,1121,7564.7
August 936,8071,7454.7
August 836,2641,7314.8

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