QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should the state offer vaccine incentives?
Gov. Mike Parson told reporters last week that he’s considering offering incentives as a way to bring up Missouri’s lagging coronavirus vaccination rate.
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Missouri DHSS adds 29 coronavirus related deaths after analyzing death certificates
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Missouri seeks damage assessments across 17 counties in preparation for federal disaster declaration request
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson announced that Missouri has requested the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to participate in joint Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs) in 17 counties in response to severe storms and flooding. Teams will survey the damage that began on June 19 with severe weather and continued through July 1 in
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Ventilator and staffing shortages force rural Missouri hospitals to seek help
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some hospitals in Missouri saw a spike in Covid-19 cases by nearly 27% last weekend, which caused some to experience a ventilator shortage. Dr. Robin Blount with Boone Hospital said the biggest hot spot is southwest Missouri in the Springfield and Joplin area. “I know this morning they were reporting that in
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Researcher: Delta variant ‘spreading through Missouri at a remarkable pace,’ sewage study shows
Experts say the delta variant is spreading fast throughout Missouri and is expected to “explode” in Fulton, Columbia and Jefferson City in the next week.
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8 killed in accidents, no drownings in Missouri over holiday weekend
Troopers worked 294 crashes over the holiday counting period in 2020 which includes 107 injuries and five deaths. Troopers arrested 145 people for DWI in 2020 and worked 14 boat crashes with seven injuries and no deaths.
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Injury crashes, deaths on Missouri roads down this Fourth of July weekend
The number of injury crashes and deaths on Missouri roads this holiday season is trending lower than predicted, according to crash numbers available from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Continue Reading Ventilator shortage as Missouri virus hospitalizations spike
MISSION, Kansas (AP) — The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients jumped by nearly 27% over the Fourth of July weekend in a hard-hit area of Missouri where immunization rates are low, leading to a temporary ventilator shortfall and a public call for help from respiratory therapists. The Delta variant, first identified in India, is spreading
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MONDAY UPDATES: Boone County remains top Missouri county for first dose vaccinations and completed vaccinations
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Federal surge teams forming this week to help mitigation efforts in Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has accepted assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address the spread of COVID-19. Formation of the surge teams will begin this week. The CDC and their associated foundation offered to recruit and hire surge teams consisting of public health professionals
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SUNDAY UPDATES: Missouri’s seven day positivity rate climbs to close to 10%
The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 9.9% on Sunday. The increase in positivity comes along with an additional 864 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 527,495. The state also added 312 probable cases of the virus to the dashboard Sunday. In total, 95,131 probable cases of COVID-19 were
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SATURDAY UPDATE: Missouri’s coronavirus positivity rate rises to 9.5% over the last seven days
The increase in positivity comes along with additional confirmed cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 526,631. In total, 94,819 probable cases of COVID-19 were discovered through antigen testing. DHSS has recorded a total of 9,339 deaths in the state since the start of the virus. The state dashboard says new cases are up
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Reminder of CDC food safety as Fourth of July events continue at Salute to America in Jefferson City
Jefferson City, Mo. (KMIZ) Salute to American events continue in Jefferson City Saturday ahead of the 4th of July holiday, and many food trucks and vendors are ready for the large crowds. However, there is still proper food safety precautions to take as cases and positivity rates continue to rise in Missouri. As of Friday
Continue Reading FRIDAY UPDATES: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reminds residents to get a coronavirus vaccination
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MoDOT to begin bridge deck improvements on Missouri River Bridge in Jefferson City
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation contractors will begin the next phase of an ongoing rehabilitation project on the U.S. Route 54/63 bridges over the Missouri River in Jefferson City will begin to impact nighttime traffic next week by repairing the deck of the eastbound Route 54/63 bridge. This work will require
Continue Reading White House to deploy surge response teams to Delta variant hot spots, including Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Biden administration plans to deploy surge response teams to hot spots across the country where the Delta variant presents the most risk to unvaccinated Americans. The state’s vaccine dashboard shows just over 39% of Missourians are fully vaccinated, and 44.5% have initiated vaccination. As cases continue to rise in Missouri, the
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Troopers increase DWI enforcement as Fourth of July counting period kicks off
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol is strictly enforcing driving while intoxicated and underage drinking laws this Fourth of July weekend. The 2021 counting period for the holiday will run from 6 p.m., Friday, to 11:59 p.m., Monday. The Missouri Department of Transportation Division of Highway and Traffic Safety also kicked off it’s
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Gas prices across the nation for the 4th of July weekend are the highest recorded since 2014
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) AAA data shows that in Missouri and around the country, travelers during the 4th of July weekend should expect the highest gas prices since 2014. Nick Chabarra with AAA said 47.7 million Americans are expected to travel over the Independence Day weekend, with 790,000 of them being in Missouri. Charbarra said this
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports active coronavirus cases rise to 270; total number of cases passes 19,000
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Continue Reading Fourth of July raises worries as vaccination efforts gear up
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — Health officials working to boost lagging COVID-19 vaccination rates in Missouri are growing anxious as the Fourth of July weekend approaches, creating ripe conditions for the fast-spreading delta variant to send hospital numbers climbing even further. In the Branson area, Taney County health director Lisa Marshall says, “We are just kind
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