UPDATED NUMBERS: Local counties see no increase in positive cases Wednesday

As of Wednesday afternoon, the Scott County Health Department reported 63 positive cases of COVID-19 with 38 of those cases active. Twenty-three have recovered while there have been two deaths.

The Mississippi County Health Department is reporting 23 positive tests. However, according to the Health Department all 23 cases are in the Southeast Correctional Center and for the general public in Mississippi County the number is still 0.

The New Madrid County Health Department is still reporting just nine positive cases with one case active and eight recovered.

The Pemiscot County Health Center reports two more additional cases Wednesday morning. According to the Pemiscot County Health Center they now have 25 cases with 14 active, 10 recovered and one death. The Health Center said they have had a steady increase in cases and are doing contact tracing, which helps identify those who may have been in close contact to the individual. Close contact means that they were within six feet of the positive individual for at least 10 minutes. Those are see a phone number from the Pemiscot County Health Center are asked to please answer it.

Stoddard County Health Center Director, Ben Godwin, has confirmed Stoddard County has no active cases of COVID-19. Godwin stated the two remaining patients were released from quarantine Wednesday morning. Stoddard County stands at 19 confirmed cases all 19 of which are now recovered.

The Stoddard County Commission is still working on an amendment to its stay at home order. That amendment is expected to be released this week.

Cape Girardeau County saw an additional case Wednesday, giving them 49 while other counties didn’t see an increase. Those are:

Bollinger 4

Butler 25

Dunklin 20.

Statewide, there was an increase of 122 cases and four deaths Wednesday. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, there are currently 7,425 positive cases and 318 deaths. There have been over 77,000 patients tested in Missouri.