Four more residents die from COVID-19
November 11, 2020
Mercy's Life Line helicopter lands at Mercy Cassville Friday, November 6.
Sheila Harris
On Tuesday, November 10, the Barry County Health Department and Office of Emergency Management announced the death of four more Barry County residents due to complications of COVID-19.
One of the deaths was that of a Cassville business owner who lived at home with his family and had no significant underlying health conditions.
According to health department director, Roger Brock, the other three patients who died were residents of Roaring River Health & Rehab, a residential care facility in Cassville. The 68-year-old female, the 52-year-old male and the 80-year-old female all had known underlying health conditions.
The residential care facility has been struggling with an outbreak of COVID-19 among residents and staff for the past few weeks. A Cassville resident, 90-year-old Monna Kelner, is concerned.
“Right now, I live at home independently,” Kelner said, “but I have health issues, and I know that at some point in time, I’ll need to move to a nursing home. It’s not right when people move to a facility, expecting to be taken care of, but face bigger problems when they get there.”
Kelner said she is not just concerned for herself, but also for the current residents of Roaring River Health & Rehab.
“It’s also bad,” she said, “when people aren’t allowed to see their loved ones after they move there.”
The deaths of residents announced on November 10 bring Barry County’s total COVID-19-related deaths to 19.
The total number of confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Barry County, as of November 10 stands at 1,454, according to health department administrator, Roger Brock. Of those, 254 people are in isolation with positive cases and more than 600 people are in quarantine after being in close contact with a positive case.
“The county’s positivity rate has risen to 10.5 percent, a number which, according to Department of Health and Senior Services guidelines, requires twice weekly testing of residents and staff in residential care facilities,” Brock said.
On Tuesday, November 10, the Barry County Health Department and Office of Emergency Management announced the death of four more Barry County residents due to complications of COVID-19.
One of the deaths was that of a Cassville business owner who lived at home with his family and had no significant underlying health conditions.
According to health department director, Roger Brock, the other three patients who died were residents of Roaring River Health & Rehab, a residential care facility in Cassville. The 68-year-old female, the 52-year-old male and the 80-year-old female all had known underlying health conditions.
The residential care facility has been struggling with an outbreak of COVID-19 among residents and staff for the past few weeks. A Cassville resident, 90-year-old Monna Kelner, is concerned.
“Right now, I live at home independently,” Kelner said, “but I have health issues, and I know that at some point in time, I’ll need to move to a nursing home. It’s not right when people move to a facility, expecting to be taken care of, but face bigger problems when they get there.”
Kelner said she is not just concerned for herself, but also for the current residents of Roaring River Health & Rehab.
“It’s also bad,” she said, “when people aren’t allowed to see their loved ones after they move there.”
The deaths of residents announced on November 10 bring Barry County’s total COVID-19-related deaths to 19.
The total number of confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Barry County, as of November 10 stands at 1,454, according to health department administrator, Roger Brock. Of those, 254 people are in isolation with positive cases and more than 600 people are in quarantine after being in close contact with a positive case.
“The county’s positivity rate has risen to 10.5 percent, a number which, according to Department of Health and Senior Services guidelines, requires twice weekly testing of residents and staff in residential care facilities,” Brock said.