MONDAY UPDATES: Cooper County Health Center warns of possible COVID-19 exposure at Deon’s Bar and Grill
The Cooper County Public Health Center and Deon’s Bar and Grill in Pilot Grove are warning customers that if they visited the facility last Thursday, Friday and Saturday they may have been exposed to COVID-19.
Patrons are encouraged to call the health center at 660-882-2626 or log into the health center's website below.
The social media post asked customers of the bar and grill to submit their name, email, and under comments; home address, phone number and add information of which event you attended.
The CDC recommends all individuals get tested if they have been exposed to a known positive case.
Cole County reports 108 new cases
The Cole County Health Department is reporting 108 new cases this year. The county last reported last Thursday.
The county reported 105 new cases in the county. There are three cases at long term care facilities.
The health department has a total of 7,103 cases.
Moniteau and Randolph County are both reporting COVID-19 related deaths
Two mid-Missouri counties are reporting coronavirus related deaths for the first time this year.
Moniteau County Health Center is reporting the 20th COVID-19 related deaths. This death is the first reported this year. The county first reported a coronavirus related death on May 15 last year.
The county is also reporting a total of 1,718 cases with 1,630 reported to have recovered.
The county currently has 67 active COVID-19 cases and five people hospitalized due to the virus.
In Randolph County, the health department is reporting the 26th COVID-19 death. The county first reported a coronavirus related death on July 16.
The county reported an increase of 32 total cases, bringing a total number of cases to 1,748.
Currently, the county has reported 1,644 residents have recovered from the coronavirus.
The health department is reporting 78 active cases and 10 of them are currently hospitalized due to the virus.
Boone County reports the lowest number of active cases since Nov. 4
Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is reporting 86 new COVID-19 cases for Monday.
The dashboard is currently reporting 684 active cases.
The county now has a reported total number of COVID-19 cases of 14,186 since March.
The county has reported the total number of cases removed from isolation is 13,444.
Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services dashboard has reported the latest five-day average as 96.
The dashboard is reporting the positivity rate of 35.9% for Dec. 25 through last Thursday.
The health department is reporting the total hospitalizations in Boone County at 118 cases.
The number of Boone County residents hospitalized is reported to be 40.
The dashboard is reporting 27 COVID-19 patients in the ICU and 10 patients on ventilators.
The hospital status is still currently in the 'yellow' zone.
Audrain County reports 37th virus-related death
The Audrain County Health Department reported the county's 37th coronavirus-related death and more new COVID-19 cases on Monday.
Virus-related deaths went up by one since the department's last dashboard update on Thursday.
A release from the health department Monday afternoon said health officials reported 26 more COVID-19 cases bringing the pandemic total to 1,525. Active cases decreased by 21 to 154, health officials said.
The dashboard update included 1,334 have recovered from the coronavirus.
Fulton closes city offices to reduce spread of COVID-19
Fulton has closed all city facilities to the public to limit the spread of COVID-19 effective Tuesday.
The news release sent out just before noon said all city offices in city hall, the police department, fire department, city warehouse and the animal shelter will be closed to the public until further notice.
It included appointments can be made with city offices on a limited basis. Residents can still pay bills online and at the city's drive-thru window at city hall.
City spokesman Darrin Wernig said the city has seen an increase in COVID-19 cases across various departments.
As of Thursday, the health department reported 448 residents actively had COVID-19. The county dashboard said 3,177 total cases have been reported since the pandemic started. The data included 2,699 had recovered and that 30 have died from the virus.
New statewide COVID-19 cases fall well below daily average
The state health department reported new statewide COVID-19 cases on Monday fell well below the daily average.
According to data on the health department's coronavirus dashboard, 1,196 new COVID-19 cases were reported -- bringing the state total since the pandemic started to 402,957.
It's one of the lowest daily case increase since at least Oct. 21 and is less than half of the daily average which was reported at 2,371 for the week of Dec. 26 - Jan. 1.
The dashboard said no new virus-related deaths were reported on Monday. Missouri has tallied 5,562 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic started.
Missouri's seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate increased slightly higher to 19.5% on Monday. It's 0.1% more than the rate reported on Sunday. The rate has increased steadily since the end of December.
Hospital officials said virus-related hospitalizations and ICU admissions both fell on Monday. Data reported on the coronavirus dashboard said hospitalizations were down to 2,448 -- 270 fewer since Sunday's dashboard update. ICU stays also fell, 590 were admitted to ICU beds in the latest data available -- a decrease of 38 from the day before.
