Dec 08, 2020

126 new COVID-19 cases in Buchanan County; 4 additional deaths

Posted Dec 08, 2020 4:37 PM

By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

St. Joseph health officials report four additional COVID-19 deaths since their last coronavirus report on Friday as well as 126 new coronavirus cases on Monday.

A man in his 80s, two women in their 80s and a woman in her 70s are listed as dying from the virus.

Mosaic Life Care reports it is treating 79 COVID-19 patients in its system; 63 in St. Joseph, 11 in Maryville, and five in Albany.

Mosaic has tested 54,399 area residents with 6,689 testing positive. Mosaic is awaiting results from 378 tests.

Andrew County health officials report a total of 1,327 coronavirus cases and 13 deaths.

Doniphan County, Kansas reports 556 total cases.

Missouri reports nearly 324,956 cases of COVID-19, resulting in 4,194 deaths.

Kansas reports more than 174,025 cases with 1,856 deaths.