ILLINOIS CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday reported 867 new cases of coronavirus across the state bringing the total number of cases to 127,757 since the pandemic began. There were also 43 deaths Sunday bring that statewide total to 5,904. Lawrence County remained at 4 confirmed cases over the weekend with all recovered and no deaths. The Wabash County Health Department did announce 6 new confirmed cases of the disease late last week. The cases were reported Friday. All the infected individuals were tested in an outpatient setting and are under self-quarantine at home and are being monitored and contacts traced. Wabash County health officials do say that all the new cases are linked to a workplace outbreak out of state. The new cases up the Wabash County total now to 12.