Oct 01, 2020

Buchanan CO reports 42 new COVID-19 cases, one additional death

Posted Oct 01, 2020 5:35 PM

By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

Buchanan County reports 42 new cases of COVID-19, off of the recent pace of late.

St. Joseph health officials report another coronavirus-related death, a woman in her 60s with underlying health issues.

Buchanan County had experienced a huge spike in new COVID-19 cases the last eight days with 70 new cases reported Wednesday and 81 on Tuesday.

Mosaic Life Care reports 46 COVID-19 patients in its St. Joseph hospital with five in Maryville.

Mosaic has tested 34,037 area residents with 2,509 testing positive.