Dec 18, 2020

St. Joseph reports 91 new COVID-19 cases, two additional deaths

Posted Dec 18, 2020 4:26 PM

By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

St. Joseph health officials report 91 new coronavirus cases and two additional deaths even as Mosaic Life Care reports hospitalizations continue to do down.

The St. Joseph Health Department reports a man in his 80’s and a woman in her 90’s died from COVID-19 complications.

Mosaic Life Care reports it is treating 59 total COVID-19 patients in its system; 52 in St. Joseph, five in Maryville, and two in Albany.

Mosaic has now tested 57,730 area residents with 7,282 testing positive.

Buchanan County reports a total of 7,706 cases with 114 deaths.

Andrew County reports 12 new cases, bringing its total to 1,452 with 15 deaths.

Doniphan County, Kansas reports a total of 604 coronavirus cases.

Missouri reports 356,607 total cases with 4,834 deaths.

Kansas reports 194,569 cases and 2,253 deaths.