UPDATE 9: 15 P.M.: Boone County reported an additional 34 cases Tuesday.
According to Columbia’s site, there are now a total of 547 cases in the county. Of those cases, 190 are active.
Health authorities say 355 people have been released from seclusion.
According to the city’s dashboard an overall of 21 Boone County citizens have actually been hospitalized with COVID-19 Of those 21 individuals, seven are currently hospitalized.
UPDATE 6: 30 P.M.: Camden County health officials reported another death associated to COVID-19 on Tuesday.
According to a Facebook post, the person died of issues believed to be associated with the virus. The department stated it would not offer any more details about the death.
This is the county’s 2nd coronavirus-related death. Since 4 p.m., the county stated it has actually seen a total of 80 cases, 11 of which are active.
UPDATE 2: 30 P.M.: Missouri set a brand-new record for day-to-day COVID-19 case increases on Tuesday. The increase broke the two-week-old record by more than 200.
The state health department said 24,629 have checked positive for coronavirus, up by 773 from Monday.
Health employees said COVID-19 deaths increased by 14 from Monday, reaching 1,042 total deaths.
Today’s boost is partially due to decreased staffing for information entry over the holiday