4:30 p.m.: Boone County continues to lead state initiated vaccination rate
The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health & Human Services reported 18 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of active cases to 100.
Boone County recorded 18 COVID-19 cases today, April 21, 2021. There have been 18,190 total cases recorded in the county, with 100 currently active cases. There is currently one Boone County resident in our local hospitals. /1 pic.twitter.com/nCjRxvptNH Columbia/Boone Co. Public Health & Human Services (@CoMo HealthDept) April 21, 2021
According to the Missouri vaccine dashboard, an estimated 42.8% of Boone County s 180,463 residents have received at least one vaccine dose.Â
6:55 p.m.: Cole County adds 5 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.
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 7,692 cases in Cole County, an increase of 5 cases over 24 hours. There have been 270 cases in long-term care facilities.
Seven new positive cases were reported Wednesday. In the updated graph below, you can see the number of cases added by specimen collection date for the month of March thus far.