An area school district has confirmed another positive case of COVID-19.

Sedalia School District 200 has been informed that a member of the Smith- Cotton Junior High School football program has tested positive for COVID- 19.

A news release says that person is in quarantine at home. The 33 people with whom they were close contacts also will quarantine for the required period of time as outlined by the Pettis County Health Center, and they will monitor any symptoms should they occur.

As required by current Missouri law, the district has reported these cases to the Pettis County Health Center.

Administrators say, “With our mandatory mask protocol and social distancing guidelines, additional quarantines are not required at this time.”

The district has launched a COVID-19 dashboard to track active positive cases and quarantines among students and staff members. The dashboard will be updated daily. Each Monday, district parents, staff members and local media will receive an e-mail roundup of the previous week’s cases.

The dashboard currently does not include the positive case and quarantines from the junior high football team. Those will be added when the district receives documentation from the Pettis County Health Center.

The dashboard is at https://www.sedalia200.org/Page/1199.