Houston, Mo. – The Texas County Health Department reports the first laboratory confirmed case of COVID-19 (coronavirus) recorded for Texas County, Missouri. Health department staff has confirmed that this person has been staying in another state for several weeks and is not currently in Texas County. Test results are always sent to the county of the persons address on record.
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services notified Texas County Health Department late this afternoon of the positive test results. As we have seen around the US and the world, this situation changes rapidly. It is likely that we will see cases in the days and weeks ahead and we remind our community to continue to be vigilant about social distancing so that we can slow the spread of illness in our community and not overwhelm the healthcare system.
For more information about COVID-19, visit the CDC’s website at bit.ly/about-COVID or call the Missouri COVID-19 public information hotline at 1-877-435-8411.
