Special Report
This is the County in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19
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The ongoing vaccination effort is allowing life in the United States to return to some degree of normalcy after COVID-19 wreaked havoc for well over a year. So far, the virus has claimed 577,510 American lives — more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined.
In the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metropolitan area, which covers parts of Iowa and Illinois, a total of 646 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 169 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 177 deaths have been attributed to the virus per 100,000 people.
Though COVID-19 deaths per capita in the metro area are closely in line with comparable national rate, there are parts of the city where this is not the case.
The broader Davenport metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Rock Island County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Rock Island County stands at 213 for every 100,000 people.
Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area, Rock Island County ranks among the middle 50% of all U.S. counties or county equivalents with at least one COVID-19 fatality by death rate per capita.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 13, 2021.
Rank | Geography | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths | Confirmed cases per 100,000 people | Total confirmed cases |
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2 | Mercer County | 210.3 | 33 | 9,329 | 1,464 |
1 | Rock Island County | 213.4 | 310 | 10,265 | 14,913 |
3 | Scott County | 139.3 | 240 | 11,595 | 19,977 |
4 | Henry County | 127.4 | 63 | 9,981 | 4,937 |
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