6:28 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. The 6 active cases added today by Cole County bring their total active cases to 7,741. Cole County has not seen any increase in COVID-19 deaths, as the county total still remains at 63 total deaths.