Three COVID-19 deaths reported in Newton County

The Newton County Health Department reported three deaths due to COVID-19 today.

The fatalities are a woman in her 60s, a woman in her 90s and a man in his 70s. The deaths bring the county's total to 52.

Newton County recorded 43 COVID-19 cases, according to statistics posted on the Health Department's website this evening. To date, 3,312 cases have been confirmed. Of those, 432 remain in isolation, an increase from 413 the previous day.

Twenty-seven Newton County residents are hospitalized with coronavirus, up from 25.

The statistics do not include the portion of Newton County that is located in the Joplin city limits.