By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostCases of COVID-19 have topped 1,000 in Buchanan County
and, with the reporting of three more deaths over the weekend, the county now
reports nine coronavirus-related deaths.St. Joseph health officials say three women, two in their 80s
and one in her 90s, died this past weekend of COVID-19 related illnesses. All had underlying medical
conditions.Mosaic Life Care has now tested 16,055 area
residents with 714 testing positive for COVID-19. Nine patients are
hospitalized in St. Joseph. Mosaic is awaiting results from 325 tests.Officially, the county reports 901 confirmed cases with 109
probable.Andrew County reports 77 cases; 66 confirmed and 11 probable
with one death.Doniphan County, Kansas now reports 32 cases.Missouri health officials report 33,624 cases since
counting began with a total of 1,132 deaths.Kansas health officials have recorded 23,334 cases
with 307 deaths.

COVID-19 cases top 1K in Buchanan County; 9 hospitalized in St. Joseph