Greene County has topped the 200 mark in the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 in the latest surge of cases, according to the Springfield-Greene County Health Department’s dashboard.
As of Friday morning, there were 205 people with COVID-19 in Springfield hospitals. Seventy-three were in critical care.
The last time numbers were that high was on January 11, when 206 people were hospitalized with the illness, and 45 were in critical care.
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