FRIDAY UPDATES: Active coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Boone County drop

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The Columbia / Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is reporting 42 new cases of COVID-19.

There are currently 349 active cases in the county, a decrease of nine from Thursday.

The county now has a total reported number of COVID-19 cases of 19,383.

The county reported that the total number of cases removed from isolation is 18,916.

The hospital status of the health service remains in yellow.

The health department reports that 12 residents of Boone County are in hospital due to the coronavirus.

There are a total of 64 people hospitalized at a Boone County hospital with the coronavirus, a decrease of two from Thursday.

The dashboard shows 25 COVID-19 patients in intensive care and eight patients on a ventilator.

Columbia County / Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services Dashboard July 9

The Missouri State Coronavirus Vaccine Dashboard reports that 92,060 residents received their first dose in Boone County and 82,268 Boone County residents completed their vaccine doses.

Boone County has the highest percentage of people in Mid-Missouri who have received at least one dose of the vaccine with 51%. The second closest to the state is St. Louis County with 49.6%.

Boone County is the first in the state with 45.6% of residents who have completed their doses of the coronavirus vaccine. St. Louis County is the second largest in the state with 43.8% of residents completing immunization doses.

Cole County has the second highest first vaccination rate in Mid-Missouri at 41.4%. Montgomery County is third at 37.3%.

The Cole County Health Department is reporting two new coronavirus-related deaths. The two residential deaths bring the county’s death toll to 126 overall, the most in Mid-Missouri; 56 of the deaths had occurred in long-term care facilities.

The county is also reporting 23 new cases of the coronavirus. That makes 96 new cases of coronavirus in the past three days.

According to the dashboard update, there have been 8,236 resident cases and 270 long-term care facility resident cases.

Columbia Public Schools Changes COVID-19 Protocols For Summer School

UPDATE 1 p.m .: Columbia Public Schools have notified parents of changes to their COVID-19 protocols for the remainder of summer school, citing an increase in coronavirus cases.

According to a letter sent to families, students 11 and under will be required to wear a mask indoors and on buses. Students will not need to wear masks outside. District leaders say they still strongly encourage all students to wear masks inside school buildings.

The changes are expected to take effect on Monday. The new district policies align with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Executives also said quarantine is not required for fully vaccinated people who have no symptoms. A person is considered fully vaccinated if two weeks have passed since the second dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or two weeks have passed since the single dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

The district also said quarantine is not required if a person exposed to the coronavirus wears a mask indoors and has no symptoms. The district plans to maintain a 10-day quarantine for people exposed to the virus. A seven-day quarantine is required if the person received a negative PCR test between days five and seven and has no symptoms. This person should also wear a mask until day 14.

Changes to the contact tracing and quarantine protocols begin immediately.

According to the letter, the district will continue to monitor the coronavirus and other variants and re-evaluate protocols if necessary. The district says it will notify parents before school starts in the fall.

ORIGINAL: According to the latest state health dashboard data, 1,118 hospital patients were being treated for COVID-19 in Missouri on Tuesday.

Hospital data as of July 9, 2021.

Confirmed data is on a two-day delay, but preliminary figures from Thursday showed up to 1,156 have been hospitalized due to the virus.

The increase in hospitalizations comes as the seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate has declined slightly, now standing at 11.9%.

Missouri health officials also recorded 1,544 more confirmed cases of the virus, bringing the state’s pandemic total to 532,670.

Six more deaths were added to the dashboard on Friday morning. A total of 9,383 Missourians have died from COVID-19.

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