SATURDAY UPDATES: Boone County Reports 50 New Cases of COVID-19

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

8:40 PM UPDATE: The Morgan County Health Center reported a new case of COVID-19 on Saturday.

There have been 94 reported cases in the county.

Of this number, 21 are currently active.

UPDATE 7:50 PM: The Howard County Department of Public Health reported three new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.

There are now 16 active cases in Howard County.

One person has been removed from the list of active cases. There are now 47 recovered cases in the county.

UPDATE 5:10 pm: The Columbia / Boone County Department of Health reported 50 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. That’s a jump from the 34 new cases reported on Friday.

The record for daily new cases was reported on August 1 with 59 new cases.

The five-day average is 31.6, compared to 25.8 on Friday.

There have been 1,587 cases reported in Boone County.

There are 304 active cases.

ORIGINAL: The Missouri Department of Health and Seniors Services reported 66,397 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. This is an increase from 65,270 on Friday.

The department reported 14 new deaths on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 1,346.

At least 871 Missouri residents were hospitalized with the virus on Saturday.

At least 835,441 people in the state have been tested for the virus.