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Health Department reports 21 positive COVID-19 cases

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The Laclede County Health Department has received word of five additional laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county over the past week. The total number of cases in Laclede County as of Tuesday morning was 21, with 11 currently being monitored and 10 considered recovered. Testing of identified close contacts and quarantine and isolation steps have been taken for the cases reported Tuesday to reduce the spread of the illness. For more on this story see Wednesday's LCR.