CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,082 new cases of coronavirus Thursday across the state along with 27 new deaths. The Lawrence County Health Department reported 13 positive cases Thursday with 63 cases still active and 2 hospitalizations. Knox County Indiana reported 58 new positive cases Thursday. Currently in Illinois, there have been a total of 1,677,939 cases of the disease with 25,563 deaths since the pandemic began. A total of 15,166,996 vaccines have been administered in Illinois since the vaccine rollout began and on Wednesday 34,115 people received doses at sites across the state. The LCHD now says that almost 36% of the total Lawrence County population has now been fully vaccinated.