ILLINOIS CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,709 new cases of coronavirus across the state Monday with 13 additional deaths. Two of those deaths were in the area-a male in his 70s from Crawford County and a female in her 90s in Richland County. There were no new cases reported Monday in Lawrence County by the Health Department. The county COVID-19 count remains at 253 positive cases with 51 of those still active. 2 people remain hospitalized and there have been 2 deaths. Overall, since the pandemic began in Illinois there have been a total of 289,639 cases with 8,614 deaths.