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2 More Greene County Residents Die Of COVID-19 As Cases Rise

CDC

Two more Greene County residents have died of COVID-19.  They were a man in his 70s and a woman in her 90s.

A total of 156 Greene County residents has died since the pandemic began.

And cases of COVID-19 now exceed 10,000 in the county.  As of Monday morning, there was a total of 10,313 cases, and 3,491 of them were active.  There were 170 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Springfield hospitals, and 35 were in the ICU.  Seventy-three of those hospitalized were from Greene County.

There’s been an 18 percent increase in reported cases in the last seven days.

View the Greene County Dashboard here.  

Michele Skalicky has worked at KSMU since the station occupied the old white house at National and Grand. She enjoys working on both the announcing side and in news and has been the recipient of statewide and national awards for news reporting. She likes to tell stories that make a difference. Michele enjoys outdoor activities, including hiking, camping and leisurely kayaking.