Deaths from COVID-19 continue to increase in Joplin metro

The deaths from COVID-19 continue to increase in the Joplin metropolitan area.

The Jasper County Health Department announced Saturday two more residents  died of the virus.

One was a woman was in her 50s, the other a woman in her 60s. Both had been hospitalized before their deaths.

That brings the number of deaths in the county – outside the Joplin City limits – to six.

Inside Joplin, there have been 15 more deaths.

Four have died in Newton County.

That brings the total number of deaths to 25 in Jasper and Newton Counties.