Greene County reports COVID-19 death, 200 patients in Springfield hospitals

 

(From the Springfield-Greene County Health Department)

The Springfield-Greene County Health Department is saddened to announce the death of one Greene County resident from COVID-19.

Our community lost:
A man in his 80s

The Health Department extends our condolences to everyone impacted by this loss.

Twenty-five deaths have been reported by the Health Department in November. A total of 179 Greene County residents have died from COVID-19.

Over the last three days combined (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday), we received 453 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Greene County citizens. Our current total is 12,672 confirmed cases.

As of this morning, there were 200 COVID-19 positive individuals hospitalized at either CoxHealth or Mercy Hospital Springfield (a record high). 78 of those individuals are Greene County residents.

You can view these numbers and more on our dashboard at health.springfieldmo.gov/coronavirus