A week that foretold the promise of the COVID-19 vaccine coming to the Quad-Cities early this week included some darker realities.
Through Friday there have been 69 deaths from COVID-19 in the first 11 days of the month in the Quad-Cities.Â
That s 69 of the 311 total through Friday, or 22% of all the deaths that have happened in December.Â
Also Scott County though Friday had 116 deaths, 25 in December.
Friday, Dec. 4
Quad-Cities health officials reported eight more COVID-19-related deaths Friday, putting the death toll at 262 for the Quad-Cities since the start of the pandemic. Rock Island County has had 29 deaths in a six-day span, including the six reported Friday, for a total of 170. Scott County added two deaths Friday for a total of 92.
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