Thursday COVID-19 update in Laclede County

The Laclede County Health Department received notification of one new case of COVID-19 in the county on Thursday. That brings the total to 305 cases, with 38 of those currently being active. 2 people have died from the virus in Laclede County. Thursday’s case was symptomatic, and had no known exposure to a positive case making it a community-spread case. No public exposure locations were identified with case number 305. The state of Missouri reported 1,397 new cases on Thursday, bringing the total to 88,610. The state also reported 3 new deaths on Thursday, bringing that number to 1,545. Just-under 13 percent of those being tested in Missouri during the past week have tested positive.