Rock Island Today

As of August 28, there have been 177 Rock Island County residents under 20 years of age who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 3,945 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 28, there have been 2,112 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 53 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 28	44,213	2,112	4.8
August 27	43,943	2,094	4.8
August 26	43,536	2,071	4.8
August 25	43,046	2,054	4.8
August 24	42,581	2,026	4.8
August 23	42,272	2,000	4.7
August 22	41,732	1,986	4.8
August 21	41,279	1,957	4.7
August 20	40,807	1,944	4.8
August 19	40,220	1,933	4.8