County rockets past 100 COVID-19 cases

<p>Helen Wilbers/FULTON SUN</p><p>Callaway County reached 103 known COVID-19 cases and set a new record for active cases Thursday. According to the Callaway Couunty Health Department, 29 cases of the disease are currently active. The health department recorded six new cases Thursday and another four Wednesday. “We are all tired and weary of this, and would like it to be over,” the CCHD wrote in a post on CallawayCovid19.com. “Unfortunately that may not happen anytime soon. All we can do is hang on and make the best of a not so great situation.” As of 2 p.m. Thursday, Missouri as a whole had reported 2,084 new cases in the last 24 hours, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported. This represents a new single-day record for the state.</p>

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Callaway County reached 103 known COVID-19 cases and set a new record for active cases Thursday. According to the Callaway Couunty Health Department, 29 cases of the disease are currently active. The health department recorded six new cases Thursday and another four Wednesday. “We are all tired and weary of this, and would like it to be over,” the CCHD wrote in a post on CallawayCovid19.com. “Unfortunately that may not happen anytime soon. All we can do is hang on and make the best of a not so great situation.” As of 2 p.m. Thursday, Missouri as a whole had reported 2,084 new cases in the last 24 hours, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported. This represents a new single-day record for the state.

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Callaway County reached 103 known COVID-19 cases and set a new record for active cases Thursday.

According to the Callaway Couunty Health Department, 29 cases of the disease are currently active. The health department recorded six new cases Thursday and another four Wednesday.

"We are all tired and weary of this, and would like it to be over," the CCHD wrote in a post on CallawayCovid19.com. "Unfortunately that may not happen anytime soon. All we can do is hang on and make the best of a not so great situation."

As of 2 p.m. Thursday, Missouri as a whole had reported 2,084 new cases in the last 24 hours, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported. This represents a new single-day record for the state.