SATURDAY UPDATES: The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported the state’s positivity rate as 7.5% on Saturday
The increase in positivity comes along with an additional 520 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 522,422.
The state also added 251 probable cases of the virus to the dashboard Saturday. In total, 92,999 probable cases of COVID-19 were discovered through antigen testing.
Three new deaths were added Saturday. DHSS has recorded a total of 9,257 deaths in the state since the start of the virus.
The state dashboard says new cases are up by 18.9% over the past seven days. The positivity rate has jumped 1.2 percentage points in that same time, while tests are up 0.5%.Â
In the state's healthcare system, 855 people are dealing with COVID-19 infections. Of those, 241 are in the ICU and 103 are on ventilators.
Saturday numbers show that 44% of Missouri residents have gotten at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine. For Missourians 18 and older that number is at 54.5%.
In total, 4,904,570 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 8505.
