JEFFERSON CITY — Nearly 2,500 Missouri prison inmates have been infected with the coronavirus since the pandemic began, according to information on the state  on Monday.
The state reported 2,447 total inmate cases of COVID-19, but just two deaths from the disease. Meanwhile, 710 prison staff members have been infected, with one death.
Nine Missouri prisons have topped 100 confirmed cases among inmates, led by 468 cases at the prison in Farmington and 366 in nearby Bonne Terre. Both prisons are in St. Francois County, about 60 miles southwest of St. Louis.
These maps and charts show the spread of COVID-19 in Missouri and Illinois.