SATURDAY UPDATES: Over 400 new coronavirus cases across the state
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported the state's positivity rate as 5.1% on Saturday.
The increase in positivity comes along with an additional 407 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 515,563.
The state also added 145 probable cases of the virus to the dashboard Saturday. In total, 90,006 probable cases of COVID-19 were discovered through antigen testing.
One more Missourian has died due to COVID-19. DHSS has recorded a total of 9,196 deaths in the state since the start of the virus.
The state dashboard says new cases are up by about 26% over the past seven days. The positivity rate has jumped 0.6 percentage point in that same time, while tests are up more than 10%.
In the state's healthcare system, 729 people are dealing with COVID-19 infections. Of those, 170 are in the ICU and 81 are on ventilators.
About 43% of Missouri residents have gotten at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine. For Missourians 18 and older that number is about 53%.
In total, 4,690,569 doses 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 9,535.
