MONDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports nine patients hospitalized due to coronavirus
The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is reporting that 45 new coronavirus cases were added to the information hub on Monday. The county delays reporting cases by two days.
The dashboard is showing nine COVID-19 patients in Boone County hospitals. Of the nine patients, two patients are in the ICU and one patient is on a ventilator.
The county has reported 43,109 since the pandemic began.
Boone County is reported to have a low COVID-19 community level, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS).
The Columbia Public Schools reports active coronavirus and quarantine cases to their website daily.
The district reported a 10.1 14-day rate for last Thursday.
CPS reports that 18 district facilities (nine elementary schools, four middle schools, two high schools and three other district-wide facilities) currently have staff out because of COVID-19.
The district is reporting 24 coronavirus cases in staff across the district. The breakdown in staff shows 11 staff members at an elementary school, six staff members at middle schools, two staff members at the high school and five staff members at district-wide facilities who have tested positive for COVID-19. Three staff members at elementary schools have to quarantine due to being in close contact.
The district reported 10 district facilities that have reported coronavirus cases in students. In the district, there are five out of 21 elementary schools, three out of seven middle schools and two out of four high schools have reported coronavirus cases in students.
There are seven active coronavirus cases in the district. There are four cases in elementary schools, two cases in the middle school and one case at the high school level. There are 12 cases that are currently quarantined due to COVID. The district is reporting three cases at the elementary school level, eight at the middle school level and one at the high school level that is currently in quarantine.
Cole County reports no new coronavirus cases over the past four days
The Cole County Health Department reported no new coronavirus cases over the weekend.
According to the dashboard update, there are 17,054 residential cases and 331 long-term care facility resident cases. That is 17,385 total cases in the county since March 2020.
The county has reported 200 coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began.
The Missouri coronavirus vaccine dashboard reports Cole County as having a low COVID-19 community level.
The Jefferson City School District reported no new coronavirus case in a student or in a staff member on Sunday.
The district is reporting one active case in a student and no active case in a staff member.
Boone County hosting COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Saturday
The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is hosting a COVID-19 vaccination comfort clinic to help those interested in getting the COVID-19 vaccine but are anxious about needles or the process of receiving a vaccination.
The event is on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the health department at 1005 W. Worley St. in Columbia.
The clinic is open to all ages and all COVID-19 vaccines will be available (Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson). Individuals can receive any dose, including primary and booster doses at the clinic.
The comfort clinic is sensory-friendly and will have extra comfort measures available to patients including anxiety-reducing activities, private rooms for vaccination, distraction tools and volunteers trained in evidence-based child life therapeutic interventions.
COVID vaccines at PHHS are free and do not require ID or health insurance.
Boone Health again eases COVID-19 restriction on number of visitors
Boone Health said Monday that it has eased limits on the number of visitors each patient can have as COVID-19 cases remain low.
Hospital patients can have four visitors per day effective Tuesday, Boone said in a news release. Patients with coronavirus are encouraged to use other methods of visitation, such as video calls, according to the release. Visitors must be at least 2 years old (12 for intensive care unit visitors), undergo a COVID-19 screening and wear a mask. More details are available on the Boone Health website.
The hospital has gradually eased limits on numbers of visitors based on COVID-19 statistics. The hospital had no visitor limits before the pandemic, spokesman Ben Cornelius said.
Cases in Boone County have risen slightly since the start of April, when they bottomed out after the omicron waved subsided. Boone County hospitals were only treating 11 coronavirus-positive patients as of Friday.
Numbers statewide show an overall decline in cases and deaths in recent weeks. Hospitalizations have fallen precipitously since winter. At the start of June, more than 80% of Missouri's cases came from the BA.2 variant, which has led to outbreaks in some large cities and some foreign countries.
