Tuesday update: Boone County reports the largest number of new coronavirus cases since December

The· Columbia / Boone County Public Health and Welfare Department 172 new COVID-19 cases have been reported. 172 is the largest increase since December 17, when 173 were reported.

There are currently 707 active cases in the county, an increase of 75 from Monday. The 707 active cases in Boone County are the highest since January 25, when 770 cases were reported. The county currently has a reported total of 20,198 COVID-19 cases.

The county reported 19,277 cases removed from quarantine, an increase of 96 from Monday.

Boone County is ranked fifth in the state with the highest per capita coronavirus infections in the past week. Cases are increasing by 8.2% per week. According to the county inspection rate is 13.3%. Missouri Health and Senior Services Department..

The county positive rate for the week from July 9th to July 15th is 38.

The health department hospital remains yellow and there are 91 COVID-19 patients in the Boon County hospital, 16 of whom are Boon County residents. Of these, 35 are in the intensive care unit and 15 are on ventilator.

The· Missouri Coronavirus Vaccine Dashboard Reported that 93,963 inhabitants received the first vaccination in Boone County and 83,487 inhabitants of Boone County completed vaccination. Boone County is the country with the highest percentage of people in central Missouri who have been vaccinated at least once with 52.1% of the vaccine. The second closest state to St. Louis County is 50.6%.

Boone County is the first in the state, with 46.3% of residents who have completed coronavirus vaccination reported. St. Louis County is the second largest in the state, with 44.6% of the population completing vaccinations.

Cole County has the second highest first immunization rate at 43% in central Missouri. Montgomery County is third with 38.4%.

Cole County reports 83 new cases of coronavirus

The Cole County Health Department reported 83 new Coronabrillus cases on Tuesday.

According to the dashboard update, there were 8,765 resident cases and 270 long-term care facility resident cases. Health director Christie Campbell said 60 of the cases reported on Tuesday were due to tests performed before Saturday.

This will result in a total of 9,035 cases in the county.

The county has reported 126 coronavirus-related deaths since the pandemic began.

Cole County is the county with the highest number of coronavirus infections per capita in the past week and is ranked 11th in the state. However, the number of cases in the week following the recent surge has decreased by 2.5%. The county inspection rate is 20.6%, According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services..

The county reported 228 cases on Monday, but health officials were due to untreated parts of the lab reporting test results. According to officials, 56 cases began in June and 36 cases occurred between July 1st and July 6th.

Boon Health has set a limit on visitors due to the high prevalence of the coronavirus.

Boone Health announced on Tuesday that it would limit patients to one visitor daily in most situations due to the rise in coronavirus infections.

The county-owned Boone Health said it would impose visitor restrictions on patients at Boone Hospital, Boone Emergency Department, and its clinics. Some patients are allowed 2 patients per day: nursery and neonatal intensive care patients. Pediatric inpatients; obstetrics; and patients at the end of their lives. End-of-life patients can have four different visitors in two shifts.

Boone County was ranked 32nd in the state last week for most of the new per capita cases of coronavirus. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.. Cases are increasing in the county, and the daily average of new cases has reached unprecedented levels since the winter before vaccines became widely available.

Columbia / Boone County Health Department As of Monday, more than 600 active cases and 90 COVID-19 cases were reported at Boone County Hospital.

State issues coronavirus recommendations to Phelps, Plaskey, and Lacreed counties

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services warns the public that coronavirus infections are increasing in counties in three regions.

The department released recommendations for Lacreed, Phelps and Pulaski counties on Monday.Note that the rapidly prevailing delta variants are increasing in these counties. Case numbers increased between July 4 and Sunday in each county, and the Ministry of Health said more cases were likely to occur due to its proximity to hotspots in southwestern Missouri. It was.

According to the advisory, immunization rates in Laclede, Phelps and Pulaski counties remain low at 24.3%, 31.3% and 32.5%, respectively. Phelps County recorded the second highest per capita case in Missouri counties last week. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.. Laclede County is 4th and Pluskey is 41st.

The advisory encourages unvaccinated residents to obtain a coronavirus vaccine to slow the spread of the virus.

New COVID-19 cases decrease by 1 day and then exceed 1,000 again

The· State Health Dashboard An additional 1,411 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded on Tuesday. This is the day after the number of new cases fell below 1,000 for the first time in a week.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been a total of 546,962 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Missouri.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services also reported an additional 581 possible cases, with a total of up to 102,433 cases found by antigen testing.

The state also linked another 44 deaths in Missouri to the virus, bringing pandemic deaths up to 9,518. However, 31 newly reported deaths occurred earlier Discovered during a weekly data review.

Hospitalization remains high. The latest final data show that 1,363 patients were being treated for COVID-19 at a Missouri hospital on Saturday.

The 7-day COVID-19 positive rate remained at 13.7% on Tuesday.