CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 20,804 new cases of coronavirus across the state Tuesday with 96 additional deaths. The Lawrence County Health Department were notified of 46 positive cases Tuesday with 7 people in the hospital. Knox County Indiana reported 68 new cases Tuesday. Overall, since the pandemic began, there have been 2,098,064 cases of the disease with 27,684 deaths in Illinois. A total of 19,034,693 vaccinations have been administered at sites across the state since the vaccine rollout began. There have been over 2.9 million booster shots. The latest figures from the IDPH indicate that 37.27% of the total Lawrence County population is now fully vaccinated with 41% having had at least 1 dose of the vaccine. There have been 1,870 booster shots given in the county.