CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,893 new cases of coronavirus across the state Tuesday with 53 additional deaths. There were only 7 positive cases reported Tuesday by the Lawrence County Health Department and 15 cases were reported Tuesday in Knox County Indiana. Overall since the pandemic began in Illinois, there have been 3,004,664 cases of the disease with 32,072 deaths. A total of 20,909,741 vaccinations have been administered at sites across the state since the vaccine rollout began with over 4 million booster doses given. The IDPH reports that 37% of the total Lawrence County population is fully vaccinated.