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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">April 28, 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 - new positive cases, recovered verbiage changed to released from isolation - Tuesday, April 28 at 5 p.m.</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <br /><strong>Tuesday, April 28 summary</strong><br />The number of positive cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Boone County is currently 93 with 89 who have been released from isolation at the time of publishing. Below is information about changing the verbiage of "Recovered" cases to "Released from Isolation" to more accurately reflect the condition of these cases.<br /><br /><strong>Cases in Boone County</strong><br />
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*Numbers current as of April 28 at 5 p.m.<br /><br />Ages:<br /><15: 1 case<br />15-24: 27 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: 2 cases<br /><br /><strong>Health message</strong><br />The "Recovered" cases section on this daily report and on <a href="https://www.como.gov/coronavirus/">CoMo.gov/Coronavirus</a> has now been revised to "Released from Isolation" to more accurately reflect the condition of these cases (including all cases previously classified as "Recovered"). <br /><br />"Released from Isolation" is a more inclusive term to include not only those who no longer have a fever, but who also have had an improvement in respiratory symptoms and either at least 7 days have passed since symptoms first appeared or the patient has had two negative COVID-19 test results that
were collected at least 24 hours apart. <br /><br /><strong>Changes to City services</strong><br />No additional changes at this time.<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 accounts 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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