COVID-19 Cases on the Rise: Butler County Health Department Confirms 5 New Cases of COVID-19; Bringing Total Positive Cases to 15

Butler County may be starting to see an uptick of COVID-19 cases. Butler County Health Department Case Manager and Prevention Specialist Amanda Fitzwater tells KWOC News, they have confirmed five new cases of COVID-19. Since Monday, 11 cases have been reported.

Local Health Department staff will be monitoring the cases and additional follow up contacts will be done. They have already received a list of people from each patients’ contacts.

This patients are self-quarantining at their homes, according to health officials. No other information will be released about the patients.

The health department reports there are 15 positive cases of COVID-19 in Butler County.

The Butler County Health Department is working with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the CDC, to identify and contact people who may have come in contact with the individuals, while they were infectious and will monitor them for fever and respiratory symptoms.

Area Counties are reporting the following positive cases:

Carter- 3

Dunklin- 12

New Madrid- 6

Pemiscot- 4

Reynolds- 2

Ripley- 2

Stoddard- 9

Wayne- 0

As of 11 AM on Friday, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reports there are 3,539 cases and 77 deaths in the state.