CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,931 new and probable cases of coronavirus across the state Tuesday with 13 additional deaths. The Lawrence County Health Department reported 1 new case of COVID-19 Tuesday bringing the total positive cases to 2,447. Knox County Indiana reported 6 new cases Tuesday bringing the total there to 3,622. Overall in Illinois since the pandemic began, there have been a total of 1,261,667 cases of the disease with 21,395 deaths. A total of 6,413,258 vaccines have now been administered in Illinois with over 95,100 people receiving shots on Tuesday. The latest IDPH statistics show that about 17% of the population in Lawrence County had been fully immunized since Monday.