TUESDAY UPDATES: Boone County records 100-plus coronavirus cases for second straight day
Health officials in Boone County reported more than 100 new coronavirus cases Tuesday the second day in a row that number hit triple digits.
The Columbia/Boone County Health Department reported 101 new cases Tuesday for a total of 19,615 since the pandemic began. The number of active cases vaulted to 427. The county reported 111 cases Monday.
The county s five-day average of new daily cases hit 34.2 on Tuesday a level not seen since early February.
The spike in new cases in Boone County and beyond over the past few weeks has fueled a jump in the number of people in hospitals here with COVID-19. The number of COVID-19 patients in Boone County hospitals hit 90 on Tuesday, with 38 of them in intensive care.
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MU Health Care will end first-dose COVID-19 vaccinations at its Faurot Field site, as the organization shifts to clinics and pharmacies to administer the shots, the hospital announced Friday.
Dr. Laura Morris, MU Health Care vaccine co-chair and family medicine physician, said with many residents still unvaccinated, the move will provide more convenience for patients.
“While we’ve made tremendous progress with vaccinations, there are still a lot of people who have not yet been vaccinated,” Morris said. “Moving the vaccinations to clinics and pharmacies will provide more flexibility and convenience for patients as we continue to increase our vaccination percentage.”