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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Civil rights advocates sued a Maryland county on Wednesday to seek the court-ordered removal of a Confederate monument from a courthouse lawn on the state's Eastern Shore, calling it a racist symbol of oppression.
Persons are now being warned to be aware of potential COVID-19 vaccine scams.
Sangamon County health officials reported Wednesday nine new deaths due to COVID-19, though those deaths took place over four days, from Friday to Monday.
Three of the deaths were residents of long-term care facilities, including two residents, both females in their 90s, from Country Lane Memory Care Assisted Living in Riverton.
The other resident, also a female in her 90s, was from the Villas of Holly Brook and Reflections Memory Care in Springfield.
Sangamon County has now logged 175 fatalities due to the virus, including 74 in December.
The county reported 67 newly-confirmed positive cases Wednesday, putting the overall total at 13,160.
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Memorial Health System
SPRINGFIELD – Memorial Health System has received several thousand doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines this week and expects to complete the process of first vaccination dosage to its colleagues within the next two to three weeks.
The hospital system has received 6,235 doses of vaccine since Dec. 16, the day it administered the first vaccinations, said Chuck Callahan, president of the MHS hospital group and president and CEO of Memorial Medical Center. About 80 percent of the doses are Moderna, and the others were Pfizer-BioNTech.
Through Tuesday, Dec. 29, 3,089 colleagues across five regional campuses have been vaccinated. The health system will continue offering vaccination clinics for colleagues this week at several locations.