CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 3,679 new cases of coronavirus across the state Monday with 35 new deaths. The Lawrence County Health Department reports there were 51 positive cases of the disease in the county between Friday September 10th and Monday September 13th. 152 cases are active and there are 2 hospitalizations. Overall in Illinois since the pandemic began, there have been 1,573,538 cases of the disease with 24,367 deaths. There has been some optimistic news from the IDPH which says that positives dropped from last week with hospitalizations leveling off and the 7 day positivity rate down. A total of 14,208, 557 vaccinations have been administered in Illinois since the vaccine rollout began. The LCHD reports that close to 34% of the total Lawrence County population has now been fully vaccinated.