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Weekly COVID Statistics
Please note the Y axis is a scale of positive cases reported to the Health Department for the past week ending Nov 1, 2022. Positive Home Covid-19 tests are included in this data if they are reported to us. Home tests are available at the Health Department. Call 660-665-8491. Northeast Regional Medical Center is reporting…
Adair County Residents Encouraged to Get Vaccinated as Flu and COVID-19 Cases Rise
Kirksville, MO 10/19/22 – The number of COVID-19 cases reported to the Adair County Health Department during the previous seven-day period, October 11-17, rose from 34 to 37. The rising COVID-19 reported case count comes as cases of the seasonal flu are also increasing. Jim Lebaron, Adair County Health Department administrator, encourages residents to get their…
Reported COVID-19 Cases Fall Then Rise as Temperatures Drop
Kirksville, MO 10/17/22 – The number of cases of COVID-19 reported to the Adair County Health Department during the previous two seven-day periods fell, then rose as temperatures outside started falling. For the period from September 27 through October 3, cases fell from 22 to 12, followed by a rise to 34 during the period from…
Reported COVID-19 Cases Drop as Health Department Gears up for Drive-Through Flu Vaccine Event
Kirksville, MO 9/30/22 – The number of cases of COVID-19 reported to the Adair County Health Department over the seven-day period ending September 26 dropped to 22 from 69 cases reported during the previous period. The decline occurs as the Health Department gears up for its annual drive-through flu vaccine event scheduled for Wednesday, October 5,…
Reported COVID-19 Cases Rise to 69 in Adair County
Kirksville, MO 9/21/22 – The number of cases of COVID-19 reported to the Adair County Health Department over the seven-day period ending September 20 rose sharply to 69 from the 48 cases reported during the previous period. The highly transmissible Omicron strains continue to drive case numbers upward as students return to schools and as people…
Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Drive-Through Scheduled as Cases Rise
Kirksville, MO 9/14/22 – The Adair County Health Department now has a limited supply of the recently approved bivalent Pfizer COVID-19 booster doses which will be administered by appointment, on September 20, 2022. The boosters become available as the seven-day total cases reported to the Health Department rose from 36 to 48 for the period…
ADAIR COUNTY WILL SOON HAVE BIVALENT COVID-19 BOOSTER DOSES AVAILABLE
Kirksville, MO 9/7/22 – The Adair County Health Department will soon be offering the bivalent COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech booster. The Pfizer and Moderna bivalent formulas recently received approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are now recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as protection against COVID-19. The previous two-dose series and…
REPORTED COVID-19 CASES FALL TO 36 IN PAST SEVEN DAYS
Kirksville, MO 9/7/22 – The number of cases of COVID-19 reported to the Adair County Health Department over the seven-day period ending September 5 fell to 36 from the 56 cases reported during the previous period. Cases have started falling across the country as well, although the known total of deaths from COVID-19 since the beginning…
REPORTED COVID-19 CASES RISE AS SCHOOLS REOPEN
Kirksville, MO 8/31/22 – The number of cases of COVID-19 reported to the Adair County Health Department over the seven-day period ending August 29 rose to 56. Cases had fallen to 44 for the previous reporting period. The Adair County Health Department recommends that everyone become fully vaccinated and boosted to protect themselves against severe disease,…
CDC UPDATES COVID-19 GUIDANCE AS REPORTED CASES FALL
Kirksville, MO – As the number of reported COVID-19 cases continues to fall in Adair County and throughout the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance for protecting your health and others during the ongoing pandemic. The seven-day count of newly reported cases of COVID-19 in Adair County fell…
