By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostBuchanan County COVID-19 cases have topped 500 as the county has
become one of the hot spots for coronavirus cases in Missouri.Buchanan County and St. Joseph City health officials report
501 COVID-19 cases; 460 confirmed and 41 probable. There have been two deaths
attributed to Buchanan County. State health officials, who have slightly
different criteria, count 505 cases in Buchanan County. Buchanan County cases
spiked after the mass testing at Triumph Foods.Mosaic Life Care has tested 3,864 people in its network with
194 testing positive for the coronavirus. Thirteen of those testing positive
have been hospitalized in St. Joseph with one hospitalized in Albany. Mosaic is
awaiting results from 40 tests.The Mosaic count released Monday morning does not include the free testing from this past weekend in which Mosaic tested 1,593 people total; 834 on Saturday and 759 on Sunday. Results from those tests will be released later.The St. Louis area reports the most coronavirus cases in
Missouri, by far.The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reports 1,573
COVID-19 cases in St. Louis with 4,140 cases in St. Louis County, Missouri’s
largest county with nearly one million residents. Neighboring St. Charles
County has 688 cases.Kansas City has 895 cases, according to state health
officials. Jackson County has 446 cases. Clay County records 114 cases with
Platte County reporting 52 cases.Greene County, which includes Springfield, reports 96 cases
while Boone County, the home of Columbia, has 104 cases.There remain counties in Missouri which have not recorded any coronavirus cases, including four in northern Missouri. The northwest,
north-central Missouri counties of Mercer, Grundy, and Putnam have yet to
record a case of COVID-19. Knox County in northeast Missouri reports no cases at this time.Saline County, a smaller county in central Missouri which has
a meatpacking plant, reports 246 cases. Moniteau County, also in central
Missouri with a meatpacking plant, reports 44 cases.This story has been updated to correct a mistake when first published.

Buchanan County tops 500 COVID-19 cases; one of Missouri's hot spots