Over the last few days, Laclede County has set new records each day for the number of active COVID cases in county residents. Another record was set on Tuesday, with 952 active cases. Regional Radio’s, Bruce Wayne, has the details on new cases that were reported on Tuesday…….

 

The state of Missouri reported 2,479 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to over 386-thousand. 117 new deaths were reported on Tuesday, bringing the total number of dead to 5,433. The positivity rate in Laclede County remains nearly 19 percent. Laclede County has averaged nearly 80 new cases every week since recording the first case of COVID in a county resident on May 8th.