No Mercer County residents in their fifties test positive for COVID-19 on Sept. 16

By Rock Island Today

Sep 17, 2020

As of September 16 there were 17 Mercer County residents in their fifties who were tested for the Coronavirus, none of those tests have come back positive for the virus, according to numbers being reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Illinois gathers all of their 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 Mercer County

Date	Total Tested	Total Positive	Positive %
2020-09-16	4,163	119	2.9%
2020-09-15	4,136	118	2.9%
2020-09-14	4,112	118	2.9%
2020-09-13	4,067	118	2.9%
2020-09-12	4,001	116	2.9%
2020-09-11	3,916	114	2.9%
2020-09-10	3,898	113	2.9%
2020-09-09	3,871	113	2.9%
2020-09-08	3,849	113	2.9%
2020-09-07	3,829	113	3%