Rock Island Today

As of August 31, there have been 329 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 6,311 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 31, there have been 2,212 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 54 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 31	45,869	2,212	4.8
August 30	45,273	2,189	4.8
August 29	44,857	2,164	4.8
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