COVID-19 is no longer the same concern it once was for Virkler; she is fully vaccinated, and Boone County is in a better place in terms of cases, she said.
Boone County experienced a five-day average of 71 new cases per day Nov. 3, the date of the presidential election. Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services reported 19 new cases Monday and a five-day average of 11 daily cases.
Columbia in early November was more than a month away from its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment. Now, 34.3% of Boone County residents have received the initial dose of a vaccine, according to the state s COVID-19 dashboard.