ILLINOIS CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health has reported 1,759 new cases of coronavirus Wednesday with 30 additional confirmed deaths. One of those deaths was in Clark County in southeastern Illinois-a male in his 60s. The Lawrence County Health Department figures remained at 47  positive cases with 11 still active and 36 recovered. There have been no hospitalizations and no deaths. Around the area, Richland County reporting 3 new cases to get to 19 total, Edwards County with 2 new to total 21, Crawford County with 1 new case to get to 30, Wayne County with 3 new cases to reach 55 total and 2 additional cases in Clay County brings their total to 19. Overall there have been 186,471 cases of the disease and 7,573 deaths since the pandemic began.