CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 6,791 new cases of coronavirus across the state with 88 more deaths this past weekend-Friday through Sunday. The Lawrence County Health Department reported 1 new cases on Friday bringing the county total to 2,472. 7 cases remain active with 1 hospitalization and no new deaths. There was 1 new case reported Sunday in Knox County Indiana with the case total there now at 3,719 and no new deaths. Overall since the pandemic began, there have now been 1,354,967 cases of the disease with 22,223 deaths in Illinois. There have now been a total of over 9.9 million administered at sites across Illinois since the vaccine rollout began. The IDPH reports over 80,000 people were vaccinated Saturday.