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COVID-19 Stats - October 11, 2022

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…

COVID-19 Stats - 9/27/22

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,…

COVID-19 Stats - 9/20/22

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…

COVID-19 Stats - 9/14/22

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…

COVID-19 9/7/22

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…

COVID-19 8-31-22

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,…

Adair County COVID-19 Stats - Aug 17, 2022

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…

Adair County COVID-19 Stats - August 10, 2022

ADAIR COUNTY 7-DAY COUNT OF NEW COVID-19 CASES DROPS

Kirksville, MO – The seven-day count of newly reported cases of COVID-19 in Adair County fell from 63 to 55.  The period is from Aug. 2 through Aug. 8. The Adair County Health Department continues to administer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. Vaccines are administered to those ages 12 and older on Tuesdays from 2…

Adair County COVID-19 Stats - August 3, 2022

ADAIR COUNTY 7-DAY COUNT OF NEW COVID-19 CASES HOLDS STEADY

Kirksville, MO – There were 63 new cases of COVID-19 reported to the Adair County Health Department during the most recent 7-day period, July 26 through August 2, 2022. That number is down three from the previous reporting period. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that being fully vaccinated and taking precautions…