Over 1,600 new cases of COVID have been identified in Laclede County during the month of January

Over 1,600 new cases of COVID have been identified in Laclede County during the month of January. Over 500 have been diagnosed within the last week. The latest report from the Laclede County Health Department was issued on Friday. It indicates the positivity rate over the last week has ballooned to over 40 percent………….

A recent study from Wallethub found Missouri ranked 46th out of 51 states and the District of Columbia in a study determining which states were the safest from the COVID virus. Missouri’s vaccination rate, hospitalization rate, death rate, transmission rate, and positivity rate were all well below the national average. Only Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, and Oklahoma ranked worse than Missouri.