By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt.
Joseph health officials report 71 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and one
additional death.Officials
say a man in his 60’s with underlying health conditions died of COVID-19, bringing
the Buchanan County death toll since the pandemic began to 54.Buchanan
County also recorded 122 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday. Buchanan County
has had a total of 4,852 cases.Mosaic
Life Care reports an easing of COVID-19 hospitalizations. Mosaic reports 75 coronavirus
patients as of Thursday morning in the St. Joseph hospital with two in
Maryville and one in Albany. Mosaic reported 82 coronavirus patients at St.
Joseph at its peak.Mosaic
has now tested 46,523 area residents with 4,766 testing
positive. Mosaic is awaiting results on 438 tests.Andrew
County reports eight new cases and 114 new cases in the past week, bringing the
county total to 877.Doniphan
County, Kansas reports a total of 287 cases.Missouri
health officials report 225,371 total cases and 3,339 deaths.Kansas
health officials report a total of 109,225 cases with 1,215
deaths.

Buchanan County records 71 new COVID-19 cases, one death