Jul 15, 2020

COVID-19 hospitalization increases in St. Joseph

Posted Jul 15, 2020 4:10 PM

By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

Buchanan County now reports 980 total COVID-19 cases since the counting began; 875 confirmed and 105 probable.

Mosaic Life Care reports testing 14,604 area residents with 641 testing positive. Fourteen COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in St. Joseph, up from 10 the day before.

Andrew County reports 72 total cases; 61 confirmed and 11 probable.

Doniphan County, Kansas continues to report 27 cases.

Missouri’s health department has reported 936 confirmed new cases of the coronavirus, by far the largest number reported in the state in a single day since the pandemic began. State data on Tuesday also shows that hospitalizations are rising.

Across Missouri, 932 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 as of July 10th, the highest total since 984 people were hospitalized on May 5th.

Missouri reports a total of 28,826 cases of the coronavirus, with 1,093 deaths.

Kansas health officials report 20,058 cases, resulting in 288 deaths.