CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 20,483 new cases of coronavirus across the state Tuesday with 36 new deaths. There were 105 positive cases reported Tuesday in Lawrence County and 80 new positive cases reported in Knox County Indiana. Overall since the pandemic began, there have now been a total of 2,682, 983 cases of the disease statewide in Illinois with 29,350 deaths. A total of 20,054,921 vaccinations have now been administered at various sites across Illinois since the vaccine rollout began with over 3.6 million booster doses. The latest IDPH figures show now that 37.78% of the total Lawrence County population is now fully vaccinated. About 42% have received at least one dose of the vaccine and there have been 2,180 booster doses given in the county.