ST. LOUIS (KMOX/AP) - KMOX has learned two workers at the ST. Louis County Justice Center tested positive for COVID-19.
According to County Executive Sam Page's spokesman, one of the patients who tested positive has recovered and will be cleared to return to work next week. The second employee is still recovering, but doing well.
So far, no inmates are showing signs of coronavirus.
Last month, St. Louis City and County were finalizing plans to release more than 140 inmates from prisons due to concerns of the coronavirus spreading through the jail. The inmates being considered for release were nonviolent offenders and those with health issues, putting them at higher risk of death from COVID-19.
The Missouri health department on Tuesday reported 53 fatalities from COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. The toll rose by 15 from Monday. The department also reported 3,037 confirmed cases, up 315, or 11.6%, from Monday.
Twenty of the 53 Missouri residents who have died were age 80 or older, and 17 were in their 70s. Nine were in their 60s and five in their 50s. Just two of the 53 deaths confirmed by the state involved people younger than 50.