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Boone, Cole, and Callaway counties have gone five days without adding a coronavirus patient.
No new positives have been confirmed in those counties since Sunday. Boone is tracking five active cases, while Cole and Callaway both have one.
Moniteau County officials confirmed Friday a patient around 90 years of age has died from COVID-19. That’s the county’s first confirmed death. There have been 53 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the county, but only seven are active.
Local hotspot Saline County confirmed its first COVID-19 death Thursday, a 54-year-old man. There are 60 active cases in that county.
The state reported 139 new cases Friday, and 14 deaths from COVID-19. That makes 576 total deaths and 10,456 total positives. Most are in the St. Louis area.
