CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 11,101 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease Thursday across the state with 196 additional deaths. Two of those reported from Lawrence County-a male in his 60s and a female in her 90s succumbing to the virus. The county death toll now at 17. The latest Lawrence County Health Department numbers indicate 1,367 positive cases with 98 active. 5 people remain hospitalized with 1250 people recovered. Overall since the pandemic began, there have been 823,531 cases statewide with 13, 861 deaths in Illinois. The Indiana State Department of Health reports 39 new confirmed cases in Knox County Thursday which brings the total to 2,374. The death toll remained stationary at 29.