ILLINOIS CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,953 new cases of coronavirus across the state on Thursday with 28 additional confirmed deaths. No new cases reported by the Lawrence County Health Department Thursday with the county case total remaining at 187 positives with 60 active. There have been no deaths. Around the area, Wabash County reported 6 new cases Thursday to rise to 135 confirmed cases. The Wabash County Health Department did indicate that it will be removed this week from the State Warning List for COVID-19 due to positivity rates dropping. Wabash along with Lawrence County were among 29 counties on the warning list issued last Friday. Overall there have been 255,643 cases of the disease in the state since the pandemic began with 8,242 deaths.