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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.
7 p.m.: CPS reports no staff members positive for COVID-19.
The Columbia Public Schools 14-day case rate per 10,000 people is at 9.9.
The updated CPS student tracker shows 33 students in the district currently in quarantine and 6 active student cases.
To break the student cases down:
Elementary schools: 17 quarantined, 1 positive cases, 10 out of 21 schools affected
Middle schools: 9 quarantined, 2 positive case, 5 out of 7 schools affected
High schools: 6 quarantined, 3 positive cases, 3 out of 4 schools affected
Other: 1 quarantined
The district has seen 2,737 quarantined student cases and 644 positive student cases since June 2020.
The updated CPS staff tracker also shows 5 staff members currently in quarantine and no active staff cases. 1 staff member is out due to EFMLA laws.
FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County positivity rate more than doubles from the previous week
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The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is reporting 14 new COVID-19 cases.
There are currently 110 active cases in the county, an eight case increase from Thursday.
The county now has a reported total number of COVID-19 cases of 18,031.
The county has reported the total number of cases removed from isolation is 17,836.
The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services dashboard has reported the latest five-day average as 20.
The dashboard is reporting the positivity rate for March 26 through April 1 is 7.7%. For the week of April 2 through last Thursday, the county has a positivity rate of 16.8%.
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.