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As COVID-19 continues to spread, KOMU 8 will continue to update you about impacts in the community.

6:37 p.m.: CPS 14-day case rate surpasses 53.1. The Columbia Public Schools 14-day case rate per 10,000 people is at 53.1. The updated CPS student tracker shows 452 students in the district currently in quarantine and 54 active student cases. To break the student cases down:  Elementary schools: 286 quarantined, 20 positive cases, 18 out of 21 schools affected Middle schools: 91 quarantined, 20 positive case, 7 out of 7 schools affected High schools: 74 quarantined, 20 positive cases, 3 o...

KOMU 8 will continue to update the community about the spread of COVID-19.

10:30 p.m.: Mid-Missouri counties daily COVID-19 numbers Randolph County reported 21 new cases today making their total number of active cases 95. Of those cases there are currently 8 hospitalizations. The county also reported one new death. Moniteau County recorded 7 new cases bringing their total of active cases to 50. The county currently has 4 hospitalizations.  Howard County reported 14 new cases today making the total active cases 38. There were no hospitalizations but the county had 5...

7:15 p.m.: Missouri House of Representatives cancels session for week of Jan. 18-21 House Speaker Rob Vescovo, R-Arnold, Speaker Pro Tem John Wiemann, R-O’Fallon, and Majority Floor Leader Dean Plocher, R-St. Louis, issued the following statement regarding the decision to cancel session next week: “Due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the building, we are exercising an abundance of caution to protect members, staff, and visitors by canceling session next week. Our goal is to ...

KOMU 8 will continue to provide updates on the impact of COVID-19 on the community.

There have been a total of 28 deaths in the county since the start of the pandemic. According to the New York Times data, which is on a two-day delay, the 14-day rolling case average in the county is 27.07. 5:15 p.m.: Cole County adds 20 new COVID-19 cases The Cole County Health Department will now show positive case totals by day, which reflects the date the specimen was collected instead of the date the results were received by the Health Department. This change will cause a delay in the dail...

6:50 p.m.: Boonville Public Works closed for COVID-19 outbreak The Boonville Public Works building closed Wednesday due to a COVID-19 outbreak among staff members. The building will re-open on Monday, Dec. 28 at 8 a.m.  According to the Boonville Daily News, water payments can still be placed in the drop box at 1200 Locust Street or taken to City Hall.  If there is a water leak, sewer back up or other issues, contact City Hall at (660) 882-2332. In an emergency or during non-business hou...