A few hundred cases of COVID are still being reported in Laclede County each month, and the true number is considerably higher with all of the in-home testing options available now. Laclede County Health Department Administrator, Charla Baker, says they had over 200 cases confirmed in the month of August……………

Baker says the virus is still killing Laclede County residents, even two-and-a-half years into the pandemic………..

Baker says getting vaccinated and boosted is still the best way to protect yourself from severe COVID complications……….

Only 39 percent of Laclede County residents are full vaccinated against the COVID virus.