6:30 p.m.: Cole County adds 4 new cases
The Cole County Health Department will now show positive case totals by day, which reflects the date the specimen was collected instead of the date the results were received by the Health Department.
This change will cause a delay in the daily totals being reported for the current day. The county is also no longer reporting active or isolated cases.
There have been 7,775 cases in Cole County, an increase of 4 cases over 24 hours. There have been 270 cases in long-term care facilities.
One new positive case was reported Thursday. In the updated graph below, you can see the number of cases added by specimen collection date for the month of April thus far.
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6:25 p.m.: CPS 14-day case rate continues to decrease
The Columbia Public Schools 14-day case rate per 10,000 people is at 9.2.
The updated CPS student tracker shows 143 students in the district currently in quarantine and 28Â active student cases.
The district has seen 2,633 quarantined student cases and 626 positive student cases since June 2020.Â
The updated CPS staff tracker also shows 17 staff members currently in quarantine and 4 active staff cases. Two staff members are out due to EFMLA laws.
The tracker also shows 35.3% of CPS staff members have been vaccinated, a 10% increase since Monday.
6:20 p.m.:Â Cole County adds 2 new positive cases
The Cole County Health Department will now show positive case totals by day, which reflects the date the specimen was collected instead of the date the results were received by the Health Department.