CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1.542 new cases of coronavirus across the state Thursday with 42 new deaths. There were no new cases reported by the Lawrence County Health Department with the case total remaining at 2,480 with no new deaths. There were 3 new cases reported Thursday in Knox County Indiana bringing the case total there to 3,736 with no new deaths. Overall since the pandemic began, the IDPH has reported 1,371,884 cases of the disease with 22,536 deaths. Over 10.6 million vaccinations have now occured across Illinois since the vaccine rollout began with over 89,000 doses administered Thursday at vaccination sites. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now saying that 64% of Illinois adults have now received as least vaccine dose and 47% of all Illinois adults have been fully vaccinated.