CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reports there were 2,198 new cases of coronavirus across the state Monday with 16 new deaths. The Lawrence County Health Department has indicated that 58 positive cases were found in the county between last Friday September 17th and Monday September 20th. 126 cases are active with 1 hospitalization. 2 new cases were reported Monday in Knox County Indiana with 1 new death. Richland County Illinois added 25 new cases. Overall since the pandemic began, there have been 1,598,757 cases of the disease with 24,639 deaths across Illinois. A total of 14,340,302 vaccines have now been administered across the state since the vaccine rollout began.