Hospital leaders monitor the virus case count

The medical director at Capital Region Medical Center says he’s keeping close tabs on the positive COVID-19 cases in Cole and the surrounding counties …      

Dr. Randy Haight says, while patients from a 50 – mile radius end up being treated at Capital Region, most of the Boone County patients go to Columbia’s hospitals. Capital Region just received rapid tests that can provide results in as little as 15 – minutes.