By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
St. Joseph health officials report three additional coronavirus-related deaths, more than 250 new cases, and a spike in the Buchanan County positivity rate.
The St. Joseph Health Department reports a woman in her 70’s as well as a man and a woman in their 60’s have died after contracting COVID-19. Buchanan County has recorded 228 deaths since the pandemic began. The health department, in its first official report since last Thursday, reports 253 new COVID-19 cases; 92 on Friday and 161 cumulatively from the weekend and Monday.
The Buchanan County positivity rate has jumped 4.73% to 14.55% in a week.
Mosaic Life Care reports it is treating 48 COVID-19 patients in its system with 39 being treated at the St. Joseph hospital and nine being treated in Maryville.