COVID-19 Data Daily Update: Aug. 5

Missouri Department of Corrections sent this bulletin at 08/05/2020 05:52 PM CDT

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Aug. 5, 2020

To help protect the health of staff and offenders, all staff in all facilities must wear face covers in visiting rooms, front entry areas, medical units, infirmaries, specialty units and transportation. Masks are required in all indoor areas of Chillicothe Correctional Center when social distancing can't be ensured.

Mass testing of offenders and staff at corrections facilities continues next week and is expected to be completed by Aug. 13. 

Mass testing of offenders and staff at corrections facilities continues and is expected to be completed by Aug. 13. Current testing locations include: Kansas City Reentry Center, Missouri Eastern Correctional Center, Transition Center of St. Louis, Moberly Correctional Center and Northeast Correctional Center.

Post-Test Procedures

  • Offenders who test positive for COVID-19 are isolated until they test negative.
  • Staff who test positive are sent home on leave and must test negative twice before returning to work.
  • All staff who have close contact with a positive are sent home for two weeks of quarantine. 

Missouri Data in Context

Compared to all other state departments of corrections in the United States, Missouri ranks in the top 11 for COVID testing rates (more offenders tested per capita) and below the national average for infection rates, according to data from the COVID Prison Project. Missouri's prison COVID infection rate is lower than that of all bordering states, and the positivity rate inside Missouri prisons remains lower than the positivity rate for Missouri communities as a whole.

Many states with lower infection rates also have lower testing rates. Missouri's implementation of mass testing has helped to identify and isolate asymptomatic cases of COVID-19, thereby containing the spread of the virus. 

TOTAL COVID-19 CASES IN STATE ADULT INSTITUTIONS

since March 2020

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*Mass testing of offenders and staff completed.

  • Active Inmate Cases: 380
  • Active Prison Staff Cases: 86

Inmates Tested

  • 22,490

Deaths

  • Offenders: 1
  • Staff: 0

Non-Prison Staff Cases: 24

  • Active Cases: 13
  • Recovered: 11

All protocols are followed to minimize exposure. 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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