COVID-19 cases on the rise in Missouri / News, Perryville News, Ste. Genevieve News JEFFERSON CITY — The number of new COVID-19 cases is up in the state of Missouri.The number of confirmed and probable cases in Missouri for the past seven days was 2,496 up 917 or 58 percent from the previous week’s total of 1,579.Locally, there were no new COVID-19 cases in Perry and Ste. Genevieve County in Missouri this week.