COVID-19 Data Daily Update: June 8

Missouri Department of Corrections sent this bulletin at 06/08/2020 03:29 PM CDT

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June 8, 2020

This daily report from the Missouri Department of Corrections is intended to keep MODOC staff up to date on new cases of COVID-19 among staff employed in corrections facilities or offices throughout the state, as well as offenders housed in Missouri state prisons or residential probation and parole facilities.

Sentinel testing is underway in Missouri Department of Corrections adult institutions. Staff and offenders at Southeast Correctional Center, South Central Correctional Center and Algoa Correctional Center have been tested. Updates reflect results of this comprehensive testing strategy. No staff or offenders at South Central Correctional Center or Algoa Correctional Center have tested positive for COVID-19. Testing at Chillicothe Correctional Center began June 8.

NEW COVID-19 CASES June 8: 0

  • Non-Prison Staff: 0
  • Prison Staff: 0
  • Inmates: 0

TOTAL COVID-19 CASES

since March 23, 2020

Cumulative Total COVID-19 Cases - INMATES: 49

  • Inmate Active Cases: 20
    • Southeast Correctional Center - 19
    • Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic & Correctional Center - 1
  • Inmates Recovered: 28
  • Inmate Deaths: 1

Inmates Tested: 3,211

Cumulative Total COVID-19 Cases - STAFF: 34

  • Positive Non-Prison Staff: 7
  • Positive Prison Staff: 27
    • Recovered: 12
    • Active Cases: 15

All protocols are followed to minimize exposure. Everyone who has had close contact with a staff member testing positive for COVID-19 has been notified. Staff who have been exposed to a COVID-19-positive colleague have been sent home for 14 days of quarantine. Offenders in each facility are monitored for symptoms. If symptoms appear, symptomatic offenders and their cell mates are isolated, separately, pending test results.

When a staff member tests positive for COVID-19, the results are shared with people in the affected locations first, and then all staff are notified. 

For more information on Missouri Department of Corrections COVID-19-related health and safety measures, please visit https://doc.mo.gov/media-center/newsroom/covid-19.

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