The Rock Island County Health Department is reporting their highest number of confirmed cases in one day on Friday.
Friday afternoon the Health Department announced the county had 113 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death. The death, a woman in her 90′s, died at home from the virus. The total number of deaths in the county is now at 102. “We are saddened to report our 102nd death from COVID-19,” said the Rock Island County Health Department’s administrator Nita Ludwig. “We offer our sympathies to her family and friends.”
The 113 new cases of COVID-19 now brings the county’s total to 4,477. “This by far is the largest number of cases we have reported in one day," Ludwig said. “The highest number previously was 67 set on Sept. 7. Social gatherings are driving our recent surge in cases. You might feel like a gathering of friends without masks or social distancing is safe because you know everyone, but it is not. Anybody in your gathering could be transmitting the virus to everyone.”
The Health Department says there are 32 patients currently in the hospital with COVID.
Ludwig pushes the importance of taking precautions when you’re around others. “The only tools we have to fight COVID-19 are wearing a mask, keeping 6 feet between you and others, and frequently washing your hands," Ludwig said. "Even when you are with friends and extended family. It’s that simple.”
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