BOONE COUNTY - The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is offering walk-in vaccination locations starting on Wednesday.
The clinics, spread out across the county, will not require an appointment, proof of health insurance, or an ID.
Vaccines will be available to anyone above the age of 16, but written consent must be given for anyone under the age of 18. All sites will be administering the Pfizer vaccine.Â
The first walk-in location will be hosted by Health officials at Centralia Intermediate School beginning at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.Â
The three walk-in events are as follows:
Centralia - Centralia Intermediate School (550 West Lakeview Avenue)
4:30 p.m.: Boone County continues to lead state initiated vaccination rate
The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health & Human Services reported 18 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of active cases to 100.
Boone County recorded 18 COVID-19 cases today, April 21, 2021. There have been 18,190 total cases recorded in the county, with 100 currently active cases. There is currently one Boone County resident in our local hospitals. /1 pic.twitter.com/nCjRxvptNH Columbia/Boone Co. Public Health & Human Services (@CoMo HealthDept) April 21, 2021
According to the Missouri vaccine dashboard, an estimated 42.8% of Boone County s 180,463 residents have received at least one vaccine dose.Â
5:40 p.m.: Cole County adds 6 new positive 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 daily totals being reported for the current day. The county is also no longer reporting active or isolated cases.
There have been 7,781Â cases in Cole County, an increase of 6 cases since Friday. There have been 270 cases in long-term care facilities.
In the updated graph below, you can see the number of cases added by specimen collection date for the month of April thus far.
7 p.m.: CPS reports no staff members positive for COVID-19.
The Columbia Public Schools 14-day case rate per 10,000 people is at 9.9.
The updated CPS student tracker shows 33 students in the district currently in quarantine and 6 active student cases.
To break the student cases down:
Elementary schools: 17 quarantined, 1 positive cases, 10 out of 21 schools affected
Middle schools: 9 quarantined, 2 positive case, 5 out of 7 schools affected
High schools: 6 quarantined, 3 positive cases, 3 out of 4 schools affected
Other: 1 quarantined
The district has seen 2,737 quarantined student cases and 644 positive student cases since June 2020.
The updated CPS staff tracker also shows 5 staff members currently in quarantine and no active staff cases. 1 staff member is out due to EFMLA laws.
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