21st COVID-19 case announced in Butler County

Butler County announced its 21st case of COVID-19 at 11 a.m. Friday morning.

According to the Butler County Health Department, two patients are hospitalized with the virus and eight have recovered. The other 11 patients are unknown. Nine patients are female and 12 male.

By age group, the county has seen the following number of individuals test positive: three people ages 20-29; three people ages 30-39; two people ages 40-49; five people ages 50-59; six people ages 60-69; one person aged 70-79; and one person older than age 80.

According to officials, at least 513 individuals have been tested, but this number only reflects what the health department has been told.

"Healthcare providers are not required by law to report pending or negative tests to the local public health department," according to officials.

The number of statewide cases now sits at 5,111 and 152 deaths.

These numbers come the day after Gov. Mike Parson announced an extension to the state's stay-at-home order to May 3.

"We are seeing very early signs in the data that lead us to be cautiously optimistic that we're beginning to slow the course of the infection and see improvements across Missouri, even in our hardest hit areas like St. Louis and Kansas City," Parson said Thursday afternoon.