FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County uses 1,802 out of 2,300 vaccine doses during today’s event
Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services reported giving 1,802 coroanvirus vaccine doses to eligible residents from throughout the state at today s event.
There are 498 doses left from today s allotment and will be used for individuals who are homebound or the doses will be redistributed to local vaccinators in Boone County.
Sara Humm with the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services says there were a large number of people that no-showed their appointment today.
The organization asks that if folks sign up at multiple locations that they please be sure to cancel any unneeded appointments ahead of time.
The health department is reporting 73 new COVID-19 cases for Monday.
The dashboard is currently reporting 696 active cases.
The county now has a reported total number of COVID-19 cases of 15,015.
The county has reported the total number of cases removed from isolation is 14,257.
Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services dashboard has reported the latest five-day average as 110.
The dashboard is reporting the positivity rate of 34.8% for Jan. 1 through last Thursday.
The health department is reporting the total hospitalizations in Boone County remains at 117 cases for the past three days.
Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services Jan. 11 dashboard
WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Missouri health department reports 3,800+ new COVID-19 cases
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State health department workers reported 3,854 new COVID-19 cases across Missouri on Wednesday.
The new cases brought the state s total since the pandemic started up to 408,443.
The state health department dashboard included 33 more virus-related deaths were reported on Wednesday. Missouri s total since the pandemic started increased to 5,858.
Health data included on the state dashboard said the seven-day coronavirus positivity rate went up 0.3% since Tuesday s update to 19.7% on Wednesday.
Hospital officials said virus-related hospitalizations and ICU admissions increased on Wednesday. The dashboard said 2,738 were in the hospital because of the coronavirus and that 624 had to be admitted to ICU beds.
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