Public Safety & Health

Quad Cities COVID Case Numbers Decline

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Michelle O'Neill

Published October 27, 2021 at 6:16 PM CDT

Raw, cumulative COVID-19 case numbers from county and state health department data

Quad Cities health officials did not report any new deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday. But the Iowa Public Health Department's website was updated late, and the number of COVID deaths in Scott County has increased by two for a total of 276.

(Updated on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 28th, 2021.)

The number of COVID-19 daily cases in the Quad Cities continues to decrease. But in Dubuque County, confirmed cases are up.

In Rock Island County, 57 more cases were added to the count of confirmed infections. That's an average of 23 cases per day over seven days compared to 31 the previous week.

COVID-19 deaths reported per day over roughly one year

In Scott County, 254 more new cases have been recorded since October 20th. That's an average of 37 per day over seven days compared to 42 the previous week.

But in Dubuque County, 370 new cases have been reported over seven days. That's an average of 53 cases per day, up from only 37 the previous week.

Twenty-nine Rock Island County residents are being treated in the hospital for COVID-19, the same as a week ago and five fewer than a month ago. Iowa releases county-level hospitalization data on Thursdays.

Rock Island County's case positivity rate is 3.3% compared to 5% a week ago. Scott County's case positivity rate is 6.5% compared to 7.2% a week ago.

The CDC says in Rock Island County, 48% of the population has been fully vaccinated. In Scott County, it's 53% and 58% in Dubuque County.

And the CDC says most counties in northwestern Illinois and eastern Iowa continue to have a "high" level of coronavirus transmission. The exceptions are Carroll and Lee counties in Illinois which have "substantial" transmission levels.