70 new covid cases reported in Laclede County since Christmas

With the Christmas holiday just days behind us, Laclede County is approaching one thousand active cases of COVID in-county residents. Regional Radio’s, Bruce Wayne, has details on over 70 new cases identified over the past few days…………

The state of Missouri is approaching 384-thousand total cases since the beginning of the pandemic, and 5,316 people have died from the virus. Laclede County Health Department Administrator, Charla Baker, says they are having trouble getting the number of active cases down because so many new cases are added each day.