TUESDAY UPDATES: Boone County records 100-plus coronavirus cases for second straight day
Health officials in Boone County reported more than 100 new coronavirus cases Tuesday the second day in a row that number hit triple digits.
The Columbia/Boone County Health Department reported 101 new cases Tuesday for a total of 19,615 since the pandemic began. The number of active cases vaulted to 427. The county reported 111 cases Monday.
The county s five-day average of new daily cases hit 34.2 on Tuesday a level not seen since early February.
The spike in new cases in Boone County and beyond over the past few weeks has fueled a jump in the number of people in hospitals here with COVID-19. The number of COVID-19 patients in Boone County hospitals hit 90 on Tuesday, with 38 of them in intensive care.
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COLUMBIAÂ â Columbia Public Schools is reporting its highest 14-day COVID-19 case rate since February, while multiple summer school classrooms are quarantine.Â
The 14-day case rate is currently at 28.8, which is the highest its been since Feb. 12, when it was at 32.4, according to the CPS COVID-19 information hub.Â
CPS 14-day case rate as of July 6
According to previous KOMU 8 reporting, on Feb. 12, the CPS student case tracker said 320 students quarantined and 59 staff members quarantined. There were 34 active student cases and eight active staff cases.Â
On Tuesday, there were 291 students in quarantine, 28 positive active cases, five staff members in quarantine and five active staff cases. There are close to 9,000 students participating in summer school.