On Monday, August 31, 2020, Cory Law submitted this Whiteside County Health Department update, of COVID-19 cases, as August came to an end. Below is a graph of the cases for June through August. Whiteside County entered Phase 4 with the rest of Illinois on Friday, June 26.
Whiteside County Health Department announced 18 new laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Whiteside County. The ages of these 18 cases are 3 (under 20); 3 (30s); 7 (50s); 4 (60s); 1 (80+.)
The State of Illinois announced 1668 new cases and 7 additional deaths.
Three days earlier, as of Friday, August 28, Total Positive cases in Whiteside County are 509; deaths total 18. Total Positive cases in the State are 229,483; deaths equal 7997.