Sep 30, 2020

St. Joseph reports 70 new COVID-19 cases; hospitalizations drop a bit

Posted Sep 30, 2020 3:41 PM

By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

St. Joseph health officials report 70 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the Buchanan County total since the pandemic began to 2,579.

Mosaic Life Care reports 49 COVID-19 patients are being treated in its St. Joseph hospital with two COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Maryville.

Mosaic has tested 33,726 area residents with 2,471 testing positive. Mosaic is awaiting results from 272 tests.

Buchanan County has recorded a total of 27 coronavirus-related deaths.

Andrew County reports a total of 387 cases with three deaths.

Doniphan County, Kansas reports 106 cases.

Missouri health officials report slightly more than 126,000 total COVID-19 cases with 2,118.

Kansas health officials report 58,629 cases, resulting in 637 deaths.