There’s been another death from COVID-19 in Greene County. According to the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, the latest death was a man in his 70s with underlying health conditions.
Fourteen COVID-19 deaths have been reported by the Health Department in September. A total of 44 Greene County residents has died from COVID-19. As of Sunday, Greene County had a total of 4,833 cases, and 2,296 of those were active. View the Greene County COVID-19 Dashboard here.
Meanwhile, Missouri’s number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began topped 100,000 over the weekend. As of Sunday afternoon, there were 102,747 cases and 1,705 deaths from COVID-19. Christian, Webster and Wright Counties were on the top 10 list for highest seven-day percent increase in cases. There’s been a 23 percent increase in cases in the last week in Christian County and a 21 percent increase in Webster County. Wright County has seen a 28 percent increase in the last seven days.
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