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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports a positivity rate over 6%

Columbia/Boone County Health Department
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Columbia/Boone County Health Department

The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is reporting 13 new coronavirus cases were added to the information hub for Tuesday. The county now delays reporting cases by two days.

The dashboard is showing 45 COVID-19 patients in Boone County hospitals. Of the 45 patients, seven are in intensive care and three are on ventilators.

The county has reported 42,649 since the pandemic began. The county has reported 13,769 cases since 2022 started.

Boone County ranks eighth in the state with the most coronavirus cases in total volume in the past week and is 27th when sorted by cases per 100,000. Cases are down 24.3% when comparing last week to the prior week. The county has a 6.5% positivity test rate, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS).

The Missouri coronavirus vaccine dashboard reports that 118,580 residents have received their first dose in Boone County and 105,928 Boone County residents have completed their vaccine doses.

Boone County has the third-largest percentage of county residents in Missouri that have received at least one dose of the vaccine with 65.7%. The largest county in the state is St. Louis County with 70.5%.

Boone County is third in the state with a reported 58.7% of residents that have completed their coronavirus vaccine doses. St. Louis County is the first county in the state with 62.5% of residents having completed the doses for vaccination. The city of Joplin has 63.1% of the population fully vaccinated.

Cole County has the second-highest first vaccination rate in Mid-Missouri with 55.4%. Callaway County is third with 51.6%.

Source: Columbia/Boone Co. Public Health & Human Services

The Columbia Public Schools reports active coronavirus and quarantine cases to their website daily.

The district reported a 16.1 14-day rate for last Tuesday.

CPS reports 15 district facilities (seven elementary schools, four middle schools, one high school and three other district-wide facilities) currently have staff out because of COVID-19.

The district is reporting 14 coronavirus cases in staff across the district. The breakdown in staff shows seven staff members at an elementary school, four staff members at middle schools, one staff member at a high school and two staff members at district-wide facilities who have tested positive for COVID-19. Three staff members at elementary school have to quarantine due to being in close contact.

The district reports 10 district facilities to have students currently out due to the coronavirus. The district is reporting six of the elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school and one district-wide facility are affected.

There are two students that have tested positive for the coronavirus. The district is reporting two students in elementary have tested positive for the coronavirus.

There are 15 students who are required to quarantine due to the coronavirus. The district reports four elementary students are currently quarantining, seven students in middle school, one student in high school and three students at a district-wide facility.

Cole County reports over 55% of the county has initiated the first dose of the COVID vaccine

The Cole County Health Department reported 14 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.

According to the dashboard update, there are 16,964 residential cases and 329 long-term care facility resident cases. That is 17,293 total cases in the county since March 2020.

Cole County has reported 190 coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began.

March 2022 Case Total Per Day 3-3-22
Cole County Health Department cases by day in March

Cole County ranks 23rd in the state for counties with the most coronavirus cases per 100,000 in the past week. Cases are down 23.9% when comparing last week to the prior week. The county has reported a 5.9% positivity test rate, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

The Missouri coronavirus vaccine dashboard reports about 55.4% of the county have initiated their first dose of the vaccine and 51.5% of the county's population have been fully vaccinated.

The Jefferson City School District reported no new coronavirus case in a student or staff on Wednesday.

The district is reporting two active cases in a student.

State of Missouri reports coronavirus cases down over 40% compared to last week

The state of Missouri reported 794 new and probable coronavirus cases on Monday.

The state health department is reporting a 413 seven-day coronavirus case average (2,892 confirmed cases from the previous week of reporting). The daily average looks at the last seven days and doesn't account for the past three days.

The dashboard reported 535 new coronavirus cases through PCR testing and another 259 probable cases identified in antigen testing from Thursday, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services coronavirus dashboard. Missouri has now reported 1,124,622 confirmed cases for the pandemic and more than 274,363 probable cases.

The state recorded four new deaths for 15,417 total and one new probable death for 3,671.

Missouri's new cases are down 40.3% over the past week, the state reports, as recent cases go down nationwide.

The rate of positive tests is 5.4% for the last week. A higher positivity suggests higher transmission and that there are likely more people with coronavirus in the community who haven’t been tested yet.

Howard (19), Callaway (21), Cole (23), Boone (27), Maries (30), Moniteau (33) and Pettis (39) counties are all in the top 40 Missouri counties in cases per capita over the last week, according to state statistics.

Source: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

The state reports that 8.01% (.01 change for Wednesday) of vaccinated Missourians have developed COVID-19 infections. The state is reporting 276,019 breakthrough cases out of 3,446,674 fully vaccinated people. The state has reported 1,606 breakthrough deaths.

Experts continue to tout vaccination as the best tool to fight the wave of new cases.

The state reported Monday that 56.2% of Missouri residents are fully vaccinated.

COVID-19 hospitalizations are also trending down, with the state reporting 23% of total inpatient capacity and 25% of ICU capacity remaining. Those numbers are at 27% and 39% in Central Missouri, respectively. The state is reporting 1,227 patient hospitalizations. There are currently 247 patients in Missouri ICUs. The hospital status for all of Missouri is on a three-day delay, the latest information is from Monday.

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