CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 478 new cases of coronavirus along with 9 additional deaths Wednesday. There were no new case reports from the Lawrence County Health Department. The most recent case total indicated 2,483 with no new hospitalizations or deaths. There were no new cases in Knox County Indiana with the case total there at 3,747 with no new deaths. Overall since the pandemic began in Illinois, there have been 1,383,065 cases of the disease with 22,842 deaths. 11,338,305 vaccinations have been administered across the state since the vaccine rollout began with over 29,000 people getting shots Wednesday. With over 50% of the state adult population now fully vaccinated and 67% with at least one shot, Governor J.B. Pritzker at an event Wednesday said that that combined with decreasing cases and hospitalizations across the state is pointing toward Phase 5 of the Reopening Plan being implemented Friday June 11th. Phase 5 is a full reopening of the state with no restrictions or regulations.