With 60 cases in Cole County and 94 cases in the past two days, coronavirus cases in Mid-Missouri are rising quickly. The Columbia/Boone County Public Health Department says the rise in COVID-19 cases in Columbia is concerning however currently, there are no plans in place for a new health order. The Cole County Health Department
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The Columbia/Boone County Public Health Department says the rise in COVID-19 cases in Columbia is concerning however currently, there are no plans in place for a new health order.
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The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is reporting 35 new COVID-19 cases. There are currently 240 active cases in the county. That is an increase of 30. This is the highest number of active cases since Feb. 12 when 244 cases were reported. The county now has a reported total number
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Cole County is seeing breakthrough infections for people vaccinated.
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Missouri’s seven-day positivity rate has risen to 8.2% since Tuesday, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
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Data from the Missouri State Health Department sewershed project shows the delta variant in several locations across Mid-Missouri.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia announced Tuesday it’s now offering rebates to businesses affected by COVID-19. In a press release, the city said it would be offering restaurants, bars, hotels and event venues the chance to be awarded $10,000 for business licenses fees, liquor license fees, or health inspection fees paid to the
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Missouri’s rate of positive coronavirus tests continues to go up and local health department officials are warning about delays in contact tracing.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some COVID-19 patients are being turned away from an overwhelmed Springfield hospital where cases are surging and taken to less-stressed hospitals hundreds of miles away in Kansas City and St. Louis. The Springfield News-Leaders reports that CoxHealth system president Steve Edwards said Tuesday that the hospital in Springfield was on
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Columbia and Boone County families in need of rental and mortgage assistance have an opportunity to get help from Voluntary Action Center after the Columbia City Council awarded $300,000 for housing to two local organizations.
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SSM, the organization that owns St. Mary’s Hospital, announced Monday that it will require all of its employees to get the coronavirus vaccine by September.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 467 new cases of the coronavirus Sunday, bringing the total case count since the start of the pandemic to 522,889. The state dashboard says new cases are up by 19.6% over the past seven days. The positivity rate is currently at 7.7%. Missouri
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The increase in positivity comes along with an additional 520 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 522,422. The state also added 251 probable cases of the virus to the dashboard Saturday. In total, 92,999 probable cases of COVID-19 were discovered through antigen testing. Three new deaths were added Saturday. DHSS has recorded
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Continue Reading St. LOUIS (AP) — The commander of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force is being deployed to Kuwait as a U.S. Army reservist. Dr. Alex Garza became known after conducting most public briefings in the last 14 months about the St. Louis-area pandemic. He says he will deploy in July for four months. Other
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Continue Reading Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is set to host a vaccination clinic at Columbia’s food truck roundup Wednesday.
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