A seventh person has now died from the coronavirus in Greene County.
The Springfield-Greene County Health Department says the victim is a man in his 60s.
He did not live at the Morningside-Springfield East assisted living facility.
His immune system was compromised.
Greene County has 64 cases of the virus and seven deaths so far.
Health director Clay Goddard says two people who ended up testing positive for the virus were out in public recently.
Someone was at the Lowe’s in Republic on the afternoon of March 25.
And someone shopped at the Walmart at Kearney and Glenstone on March 27 around 7:30 a.m.
Goddard says the risk of exposure to the public is considered low.
Heartbroken to announce the death of a Greene County resident from COVID-19, an immunocompromised man in his 60s. We are also notifying the public of two potential exposures from COVID-19 positive individuals. Full release at https://t.co/NRHDFuLXcx.
— S-GC Health Dept. (@SGCHD) April 3, 2020
