COVID-19 SURGING IN LAWRENCE COUNTY

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 6,516 new cases of coronavirus across the state Tuesday with 68 additional deaths. The Lawrence County Health Department was notified of 13 county residents testing positive Tuesday. With those new cases, the Lawrence County positives are now at 411 with 101 of those active. 3 people are hospitalized while 288 have recovered. The deaths remain at 9. Since the pandemic began, there have been 430,018 cases of the disease with 9,878 deaths. In Knox County Indiana, the cases are now approaching 1000 with 991 total. 12 new cases reported there in the last 24 hours.