Compiled by JIM MEENAN
The big news in the Quad-Cites this week was the arrival of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine that was administered for the first time Tuesday in the Iowa Quad-Cities and Wednesday on the Illinois side.
Friday, Dec. 11
The city of Davenport launched its Small Business Resiliency Project to assist small businesses negatively impacted by COVID-19 on Oct. 1, and 10 of the 42 businesses that applied have been notified they will receive assistance.
Rock Island County has had 195 people die of the coronavirus since the pandemic began, while Scott County has had 116. The six latest victims raised the Quad-Cities' death toll to 69 in the first 11 days of December â that's 22% of the Q-C's COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic. Rock Island County health officials reported a total of 9,617 cases.Â