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Public Safety & Health

More New Deaths & Infections in the QCs Caused by COVID-19

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Michelle O'Neill,

Herb Trix

Published November 18, 2021 at 5:42 PM CST

The pandemic has killed and infected more residents of the Quad Cities.

On Wednesday, Rock Island County reported one new death while Scott County reported 6.

In the Illinois Quad Cities, Rock Island County reported 118 new cases of COVID-19 since Monday. Over one week (Nov. 11-17), that's 55 new cases per day, up from an average of 52 cases per day the previous week (Nov. 4-10).

There were 389 new cases in the Iowa Quad Cities, or an average of 56 new cases per day during the past week (Nov. 11-7). That compares with 81 the previous week (Nov. 4-10).

Dubuque County also reported more deaths and new cases - 2 additional deaths from COVID over the past week and 626 new cases for the same time period.

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Michelle O'Neill

Officially, Michelle's title for 28 years was WVIK News Editor. She did everything there is to do in the newsroom and whatever was needed around the radio station. She also served as Acting News Director from September 2023 - January 2024.

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Herb Trix

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.

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