Jan 20, 2021

DeKalb County exceeds 1,000 total COVID-19 cases, Missouri reports nearly 200 more deaths Wednesday

Posted Jan 20, 2021 10:15 PM

By TOMMY REZAC

St. Joseph Post

St. Joseph health officials report 63 additional cases of COVID-19 in Buchanan County Wednesday, but no new deaths.

There have now been 9,425 total cases in the county with 151 fatalities.

Mosaic Life Care reports 46 patients in its system Wednesday - that's down four from the day before.

The St. Joseph hospital has 44 patients, while Maryville and Albany each have one.

Andrew County reports just four new cases Wednesday for a total of 1,868. There have also been 18 deaths in the county since the pandemic started.

Clinton County reports an increase of 153 cases, putting their total at 1,711. DeKalb County reports 16 new cases, putting their total at 1,006.

Gentry County reports eight new cases (728 total) and one new death (18 total) Wednesday.

Statewide, Missouri reports 1,592 new cases (441,789 total) and 198 new deaths (6,461 total) Wednesday.

Since Monday, the state of Kansas has seen 3,590 new cases (263,412 total) and 50 new deaths (3,575 total) due to COVID.

Doniphan County reports 849 total cases (+6), while Atchison County, KS reports 1,387 (+15) total cases.