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ADAIR COUNTY CLIMBS TO 1,515 CASES Kirksville, MO 12/15/20 Another 24 new cases confirmed today by the Adair County Health Department brings the total number of cases to 1,515. There are currently 180 active cases, 1,332 people who have left isolation and three COVID-related deaths. A previously identified 79-year-old female was admitted to Northeast Regional Medical Center on Dec. 14. She has not required use of a ventilator.... Today’s cases include females ages 8, 10, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 39, 40, 45, 48, 50, 56 and 90. Males are ages 24, 29, 41, 50, 71 and 84. Eleven cases reside at addresses with at least one other case. There are two cases each in the higher education and K-12 schools sectors and one case in the skilled nursing facility sector. ###

MISSOURI WIC CHANGES INFANT FORMULA MANUFACTURER BEGINNING JANUARY 1 JEFFERSON CITY, MO WIC, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children will be changing the brand of standard infant formulas available to participating infants effective January 1, 2021. The Missouri WIC program will change its standard infant formulas from Enfamil to Similac. WIC federal regulations require all state... agencies to enter into a competitive cost-containment contract for the purchase of infant formula. Abbott, the awarded manufacturer, receives the exclusive right to provide its products to WIC participants in exchange for a monetary rebate. The infant formula rebate maximizes the program’s ability to provide nutrition services and supplemental food benefits to all WIC participants. WIC recognizes and promotes breastfeeding as the optimal source of nutrition for infants. In Missouri, 70.2% of WIC mothers initiated breastfeeding in fiscal year 2020. However, for women who are unable to fully breastfeed, or choose not to, WIC provides nutritionally appropriate iron-fortified formulas to eligible infants. Missouri WIC will issue Similac Advance, Similac Sensitive, Similac Total Comfort, Similac Soy Isomil, and Similac for Spit-Up under the new infant formula contract. WIC provides participants with these standard contract brands of formula unless there is a specific condition requiring a special formula or WIC-eligible nutritional. Missouri WIC will continue to provide special infant formulas for infants with a qualifying medical condition. Information for prescribing a special formula for infants is located at https://health.mo.gov/living/families/wic/wichcp/documents/. Pregnant women, new mothers, and families with children from birth through their fifth birthday who are Missouri residents may qualify for supplemental food benefits, nutrition counseling, and breastfeeding support. Individuals can submit a WIC Online Interest Form by visiting the Missouri WIC website at wic.mo.gov to assess eligibility and initiate the enrollment process, or they can obtain additional information by calling 1-800-TEL-LINK (1-800-835-5465). See more

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ADAIR COUNTY NEARS 1,500 CASES AS THE COUNTRY RECORDS 300,000 DEATHS Kirksville, MO 12/14/20 Eleven confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Adair County on Saturday, eight on Sunday and 30 today brings the county’s count to 1,491 as the United States records 300,000 virus-related deaths. Adair County has had three COVID-related deaths to date. Saturday’s cases involve females ages 18, 71, 79 and 80 and males ages 25, 30, 44, 47, 54 and two age 61. Sunday’s cases involve females ages... 15, two age 24, 49, 60 and 82 and males ages 54 and 55. Also on Sunday, a 21-year-old female who was hospitalized on Dec. 9 was discharged from Northeast Regional Medical Center (NRMC). The 82-year-old female confirmed on Sunday was admitted to NRMC on Dec. 12 and is not requiring use of a ventilator. Today’s cases include females ages 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 24, 26, 36, two age 43, 45, 50, 53, two age 65, 68, 77, 88, 89 and 98. Males are ages 10, 36, two age 44, 46, 60, 84, two age 85 and 89. Among today’s cases are five cases each in the K-12 schools and skilled nursing facility sectors and 17 cases residing at addresses with at least one other confirmed case. ###

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ADAIR COUNTY ADDS 21 MORE CASES TO REGIONAL COUNT Kirksville, MO 12/11/20 As of yesterday, there had been 11,828 cases of COVID-19 confirmed among the 16 counties in the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ Northeast Region. Adair County has recorded the third highest number of cases in the region behind Marion and Randolph counties. Today’s 21 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Adair County brings the total cases to 1,442. There are 159 active cases, 1,...280 people who have left isolation and 3 deaths. A 60-year-old male was omitted from yesterday’s count which would have put the new case number total on Dec. 10 at 1,421 instead of 1,420. An 82-year-old male whose admission to Northeast Regional Medical Center was reported on Dec. 3 has been transferred to Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis yesterday. A 64-year-old female whose case was confirmed today was admitted to Cameron Regional Hospital yesterday. Neither currently require use of a ventilator. Today’s new cases include females ages 4 months, 13, four age 15, 29, 38, 42, 47, 50, 52, 59 and 64. Males are ages 12, 17, 26, 31, 43, 51 and 53. Thirteen of the cases reside at addresses shared with at least one other confirmed case. ###

ADAIR COUNTY CONFIRMS 29 NEW CASES HITTING 1,420 Kirksville, MO 12/10/20 Adair County hit 1,420 cases of COVID-19 today upon confirmation of another 29 cases. In the first 10 days of December, the Adair County Health Department has confirmed 199 new cases of the virus. There are now 156 active cases, 1,261 people who have left isolation and three COVID-related deaths. Hospitalizations and ventilator use have increased since last weekend. A previously reported 61-year-old fe...male who was transferred from Samaritan Hospital in Macon, Mo., to Hannibal Regional Hospital on Nov. 22 was placed on a ventilator on Dec. 6. A 68-year-old male was admitted to Northeast Regional Medical Center (NRMC) on Dec. 8. On Dec. 9, a 21-year-old female was admitted to NRMC and a 62-year-old male was admitted to University of Missouri Hospital. None of the last three cases are currently using a ventilator. A 37-year-old male admitted to NRMC on Dec. 5 was discharged on Dec. 8. Today’s cases involve females ages 8, 15, 16, 18, 20, two age 28, 52, 55, 57, 62, two age 80, 83, 89, 91 and 94. Males are ages 5, 15, 24, 29, 36 38, 47, 50, 58, 60, 66 and 81. Four of today’s cases are in the K-12 schools sector and eight are in the skilled nursing facility sector. Excluding the skilled nursing sector, six of the cases are at addresses with at least one other confirmed case. Two duplicate cases were removed today from the overall count. Yesterday’s total was reported as 1,393; however, it has been corrected to 1,391. ###

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MISSOURI, KIRKSVILLE AND ADAIR COUNTY REMAIN IN RED ZONE AS ADAIR COUNTY RECORDS THIRD COVID-RELATED DEATH AND 42 NEW CASES Kirksville, MO 12/9/20 In this week’s White House Coronavirus Task Force report to the nation’s governors, Missouri, Kirksville and Adair County remained in the red zone for new cases per capita. Missouri logged 23,791 cases during the seven-day period of Nov. 28 Dec. 4. Adair County contributed 112 cases to that count. The U.S. total for the same pe...riod was 1,264,488 cases. Case numbers are beginning to spike again, following the Thanksgiving holiday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised Americans to not travel for Christmas but celebrate at home with only those who reside in their households. CDC guidance states that if people do travel, they should be tested one to two days before leaving and three to five days after. People who don’t get tested should quarantine for 10 days after travel. The CDC has issued testing and quarantine guidance about holiday travel, said Jim LeBaron, administrator of the Adair County Health Department. But the fact is, the overriding recommendation is that people don’t travel at all and don’t gather with anyone outside of their household unless they can maintain social distance at all times, mask and avoid being inside. No one wants to hear this. But it’s the only way to slow the rapid transmission of COVID-19, LeBaron said. And now that we know vaccines are coming, this is a sacrifice everyone can make to help protect their families and friends so they’re all around to gather together next Christmas. The Health Department reported Adair County’s third COVID-related death today. A 72-year-old male who was admitted to Northeast Regional Medical Center on Nov. 26 and placed on a ventilator on Dec. 5 passed away today, as 42 new cases were confirmed. There are now 146 active cases and 1,244 people who have left isolation. Today’s cases females ages 7, 14, 19, 23, 34, 36, 44, 47, 51, 53, 55, 58, two age 59, two age 61, 62, 64, 66, 67, 68, 70 and 73. Males are ages 3, 12, 14, 24, 25, 34, two age 36, 41, 45, 55, 59, 60, 62, 67, 68, 71, 77 and 78. Five of today’s cases are in the K-12 schools sector and one is in the higher education sector. Twenty-one of today’s cases are in households with at least one other confirmed case. ###

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