Health Department announces 3 more COVID-19 deaths, total now 35

The health department also reported 52 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24-hours.

Posted: Oct 2, 2020 6:28 PM

Updated: Oct 2, 2020 9:45 PM

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) City of St. Joseph health officials announced three more deaths due to COVID-19 on Friday.

Two Buchanan County men, one of his 60s and the other in his 80s, and a woman in her 80s died. All had underlying health conditions.

A total of 35 people have now died.

The health department also reported 52 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24-hours, for a total of 2,725 cases since the pandemic began.

Forty-five people in the county are hospitalized.

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