Missouri COVID-19 cases surge past 183, with five deaths

Missouri health officials confirmed 183 positive cases of the new coronavirus in the state, as of Monday afternoon.

That does not include three of the 20 cases in Boone County, as of Monday afternoon. It only counts one of seven cases in Callaway County, all of them William Woods University students.

At least five people have died because of COVID-19 in Missouri, including one in Boone County. St. Louis City announced its first death on Monday, a woman in her 30’s. An elderly Springfield woman has also died.

(This story was last updated at 4:41 a.m. Tuesday.)