Rock Island Today

As of September 2, there have been 334 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 6,432 residents in their fifties in the county who had been tested, meaning that five percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 2, there have been 2,269 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 58 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 %
September 2	46,746	2,269	4.9
September 1	46,218	2,228	4.8
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