24 confirmed cases in Missouri, 2nd in Cole County

Governor Mike Parson held a press conference on Wednesday evening and announced there have been 24 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Missouri.

This comes hours after we learned that Missouri’s first coronavirus death was in Boone County.

Cole County is also confirming its second case, as of Wednesday. While neither patient’s identity has been revealed, officials did say they are both travel-related cases.

(This story was last updated at 6:27 a.m. Thursday.)