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SUNDAY UPDATES: Over 480 Missourians in the ICU with COVID-19

Missouri Department and Health and Human Service COVID-19 Dec. 19
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Missouri Department and Health and Human Service COVID-19 Dec. 19

The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 13.1% on Sunday. An additional 1,643 new COVID-19 cases were added bringing the total of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic is now 781,535.

There have also been 180,766 probable antigen test results being positive, with 259 added Sunday.

No new deaths were added. DHSS has recorded a total of 12,843 COVID-19 related deaths.

The state dashboard says new cases are up by 1.1% over the past seven days. The positivity rate increased by 0.7% in that same time, while tests are down 3.2%. 

In the state's healthcare system, 2,052 people are dealing with COVID-19 infections. Of those, 484 are in the ICU and 240 are on ventilators.

Sunday numbers show that 59.9% of Missouri residents have gotten at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine. For Missourians 18 and older that number is at 71% and 28.8% for those ages 5 to 17.

In total, 7,668,260 of the vaccine have been put into the arms of residents in the Show-Me State. In the past 7 days, the average daily doses given was 21,411.

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