COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency reported on Tuesday that while just nine new COVID-19 cases were reported in Branch County, the county’s number of COVID-19 related deaths has risen to 69.
Branch County has had the most COVID-19 related deaths of the three counties in the Community Health Agency’s jurisdiction. Hillsdale and St. Joseph Counties have each recorded 58 deaths.
Branch County had only recorded five deaths up until October 1. By October 28, the death toll had risen to 11. Since that time in just over two months, 58 Branch County residents have died after testing positive for COVID-19.
St. Joseph County has had the most cases in the jurisdiction with 3,378 followed by Branch County with 2,910 and Hillsdale County with 2,490.
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