FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports active cases remain above 100 for third straight day
The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is reporting 14 new COVID-19 cases.
There are currently 107 active cases in the county.
The county now has a reported total number of COVID-19 cases of 18,225.
The county has reported the total number of cases removed from isolation is 18,032, a 12 case increase from Thursday.
The county continues to trend down as there have been 85 straight days of single or double-digit case increases.
The Missouri coronavirus vaccine dashboard is reporting that 77,681 residents have received their first dose in Boone County and 51,093 Boone County residents have completed their two vaccine doses.
Boone County has the largest percentage of people in Mid-Missouri that have received at least one dose of the vaccine with 43%. Boone County has a reported 28.3% of residents that have completed their coronavirus vaccine doses.
Cole County has the second-highest first vaccination rate in Mid-Missouri with 33.1%. Saline and Montgomery County are third with 31.2%.
Indian Hills Park vaccination outreach clinic moved to Columbia Fire Station 5 due to predicted weather Saturday
The city of Columbia is moving Saturday's Indian Hills Park vaccination outreach clinic to Columbia Fire Station 5 due to the forecasted weather.
The event will be at Columbia Fire Station 5, 1400 Ballenger Lane from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Anyone that pre-registered should come at their designated appointment time.
Walk-ins are still welcome anytime during this event.
Health department reports 800 more COVID-19 cases as positivity rate falls
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 800 more COVID-19 cases while the state's positivity rate fell slightly.
For the second day in a row, health officials reported more than 600 cases through PCR testing. The state's total number of cases increased to 498,852.
The department also reported 266 probable COVID-19 cases through antigen testing -- the pandemic total stood at 81,696 on Friday.
The combined case total had fallen recently but has started to pick up again. Even though more COVID-19 cases are being reported, the state's positivity rate hasn't seen a substantial increase.
On Friday, the health department said Missouri's seven-day positivity rate was 4.8%, a decrease of 0.1 from the day before. According to the department's coronavirus dashboard, the rate went up to 5% on April 12 and has remained about that high since then.
The positivity rate was near pandemic lows throughout March as new cases and COVID-19 testing dipped.
The state calculates the positivity rate by dividing the total number of positive cases by the total number of tests in a week. The dashboard said testing has fallen every week since late February.
One-fourth of Missourians have completed coronavirus vaccination -- 1.5 million Missourians. The dashboard said 2.1 million state residents have had at least one shot of vaccine as of Friday.
Boone County is still leading the state for its percentage of residents initiating vaccination -- 43%. The dashboard said more than 77,000 residents have received at least one dose of vaccine and that 51,000 others have completed vaccination.
