ILLINOIS CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reports 1,551 additional cases of the coronavirus Tuesday with 119 more deaths. Total cases of the disease have now reached 33,059 with 1,468 deaths. Lawrence County remains at 2 confirmed cases, Richland County 2, and Wabash County 1. There were 2 new cases reported in neighboring Crawford County bringing their total to 7. The leader in COVID-19 cases in southeastern Illinois is Jasper County with 36 confirmed cases. That total was enlarged by an outbreak of the disease at a Newton nursing home.