(KLZA)--The Holt County, Missouri Health Department has confirmed six additional cases of COVID-19 in Holt County. The six new cases are associated with 26 cases confirmed this week at a long-term health care facility in the county.
The St. Joe News Press reported Tuesday that 17 residents of the Oregon Care Center in Oregon, Missouri and nine staff members had tested positive for COVID-19.
The patients testing positive are living in a specific wing of the facility away from the residents that tested negative.
Wednesday's additional cases bring the total number of cases of COVID-19 in Holt County to 33.
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