CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported there were only 401 confirmed new cases of coronavirus across the state Tuesday with only 8 additional deaths. The Lawrence County Health Department lists a total now of 2,483 cases in the county with 3 of those active. There are no hospitalizations and no new deaths. There were no new cases of COVID-19 in Knox County Indiana Tuesday with the case count there remaining at 3,747 with no new deaths. Since the pandemic began in Illinois, there have now been 1,382,587 cases with 22,835 deaths. 11,308,983 vaccinations have occured at sites across Illinois since the vaccine rollout began with over 17,000 people getting shots Tuesday. With COVID-19 numbers declining, Governor J.B. Pritzger confirmed during a press conference in Springfield that the state is about to fully reopen in Phase 5 on Friday June 11th.