St. Joseph Health Department reported two more COVID-19 related deaths Monday

The two residents were women, one in her 40's the other in her 70's, both had underlying health conditions.

New covid-19 deaths for the county.

Good evening i'm alan van zandt.

According to the health department both deaths were females, one in her 40s and the other in her 70s.

Both had underlying health conditions.

These 2 deaths bring the county up to 27 total deaths from covid-19.

Buchanan county currently has 2,509 total cases.

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Joseph's covid-19 hospitaliztions are going up... new numbers today show mosaic life care with the highest number of patients hospitalized since the pandemic began... the latest numbers from mosaic show 51 people are currently hospitalized in st.

Joseph and maryville.

Nearly all of those hospitalized are in st.

Joseph..

With 49 patients under care... in a statement to kq2 ..the hospital says they are watching the numbers closely...and that the number of patients at mosaic shows signficant community spread in