The Springfield-Greene County Health department has counted its greatest uptick of COVID-19 cases in a single day.

Forty-nine new patients tested positive for the coronavirus today. Nine of those patients visited over a dozen locations in Springfield.

• Thursday, July 2: Visited Walmart Supercenter at 2825 N Kansas Expy in the afternoon for 30 minutes (infectious and symptomatic, masked)
• Saturday, July 4: Visited DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse at 3333 S Glenstone Ave Ste 120 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (infectious but not symptomatic, not masked)
• Sunday, July 5: Visited Walmart Supercenter at 2021 E Independence St from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (infectious but not symptomatic, masked)
• Sunday, July 5: Visited El Puente at 1111 E Republic Rd from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (infectious but not symptomatic, not masked)
• Sunday, July 5: Visited Best Buy at 3450 S Glenstone Ave from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. (infectious and symptomatic, masked)
• Sunday, July 5: Visited Macy’s in the Battlefield Mall at 2825 S Glenstone Ave from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (infectious but not symptomatic, not masked)
• Sunday, July 5: Visited Bath and Body Works in the Battlefield Mall at 2825 S Glenstone Ave from 1:30 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. (infectious but not symptomatic, not masked)
• Sunday, July 5: Visited Mexican Villa South at 2755 S Campbell Ave from 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. (infectious but not symptomatic, not masked)
• Sunday, July 5: Visited Patton Alley Pub at 313 S Patton Ave from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. (infectious but not symptomatic, not masked)
• Monday, July 6: Visited Fuji Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse at 2909 S Campbell Ave around 5:30 p.m. (infectious but not symptomatic, not masked)
• Tuesday, July 7: Visited Jose Locos at 853 N Glenstone Ave from 12:20 p.m. to 1 p.m. (infectious and symptomatic, not masked)
• Tuesday, July 7: Visited Walmart Supercenter at 3315 S Campbell Ave sometime in the afternoon before 5 p.m. for 30 minutes (infectious but not symptomatic, not masked)
• Wednesday, July 8: Visited Shoe Carnival at 3408 S Glenstone Ave from 5 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. (infectious and symptomatic, not masked)

Prior to being diagnosed, one of the cases worked at the following location:

• Monday, July 6: Worked at Orange Leaf at 1011 S Glenstone Ave from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. (infectious and symptomatic, masked)

Symptoms of COVID-19 include:

• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea