ILLINOIS CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reports 2,270 new cases of the coronavirus across the state Wednesday with 136 new deaths. That brings the total of cases in the state since the pandemic began to 62,232 with 2,974 total deaths in 97 counties. Lawrence County remained at 3 confirmed cases along with neighboring Richland County, Crawford County remains at 10 and Wabash County at 2 cases. Local and area health officials continue to stress that Lawrence and Knox County residents do their part to lessen the spread of the disease by staying at home, social distancing, wearing a mask in public and hand washing hygiene.