Another COVID-19-related death and a double-digit increase in positive cases were reported in Saline County on Monday, December 28.

According to the Saline County Health Department’s dashboard, the death raises the county’s total to 44 since the beginning of the pandemic. In addition, 11 more positive cases were added, increasing the county’s overall total to 2,182. With 2,036 inactive cases and 44 deaths, there are 102 active cases in the county.

The death count remained at 15, and the total positive case count grew by 20 to 634 in Chariton County. With 15 deaths and 559 of the previously positive cases being released from public health isolation as recovered and 15 deaths, 60 active cases remain in the county.

Updates were not available from Carroll, Cooper, Howard, Lafayette and Pettis Counties.