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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">April 24, 2020</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">City of Columbia coronavirus (COVID-19) update - no new positive cases, state of Missouri case number clarification, donate through ParkMobile zone - Friday, April 24 at 5 p.m.</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <br /><strong>Friday, April 24 summary</strong><br />The number of positive cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Boone County is currently 92 with 86 who have recovered at the time of publishing. There are no new cases from the previous update. Friday's Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) Facebook Live video answered resident questions. View the video on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CoMoHealthDept">Facebook</a> page. Below is information from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services regarding the state numbers. Also below is information about a new ParkMobile zone number to donate to the local COVID-19 Relief Fund.<br /><br /><strong>Cases in Boone County</strong><br />
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*Numbers current as of April 24 at 5 p.m.<br /><br />Ages:<br /><15: 1 case<br />15-24: 26 cases<br />25-44: 35 cases<br />45-64: 25 cases<br />65+: 5 cases<br /><br />Transmission:<br />Travel-related: 28 cases<br />Contact to a confirmed case: 34 cases<br />Community transmission: 29 cases<br />Unknown: 1 case<br /><br /><strong>Health message</strong><br />Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services officials want to provide clarification about the state of Missouri coronavirus numbers. They issued the following statement:<br /><br />"Due to a technical difficulty identified and corrected yesterday (April 23), results from one commercial lab performing tests for Missourians were not submitted from April 16-22. So many of the cases identified as ‘new’ today (April 24) were actually tested and diagnosed during those dates, so today’s increase in totals is not due to a spike in new cases being identified within the past 24 to 48 hours.<br /><br
/>Additionally, there was a delay in the reporting of a number of deaths from a jurisdiction into the Missouri tracking system. So, in addition to the past 24 hours, the increase today covers some deaths that occurred from April 12-22."<br /><br /><strong>Changes to City services</strong><br />The City of Columbia Parking Utility has partnered with ParkMobile to create a zone specifically designated for donating to the Community Foundation of Central Missouri’s COVID-19 Relief Fund. Anyone interested in making a donation is asked to use Zone 47500 in the ParkMobile app to donate: <a href="https://parkmobile.app.link/covid19relieffund">parkmobile.app.link/covid19relieffund</a>.<br /><br /><br />Official information from the City of Columbia and Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) can be found at <a href="https://www.como.gov/coronavirus/">CoMo.gov/Coronavirus</a>. The City will also be utilizing City and PHHS official social media account
s to post updates. They can be found at @CoMoGov on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CoMoGov/">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/CoMoGov">Twitter</a> and @CoMoHealthDept on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CoMoHealthDept">Facebook</a> and @CoMo_HealthDept on <a href="https://twitter.com/CoMo_HealthDept">Twitter</a>.</div>
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