SUNDAY UPDATES: The Covid-19 seven day positivity rate slightly increases
The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 14.8% on Sunday. The change in positivity comes along with 1,474 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 571,270 since the start of pandemic.
Health officials also recorded 463 new probable cases with a total number of 110,284 antigen test results being positive.
No new deaths were recorded Sunday. DHSS has recorded a total of 9,667 deaths in the state since the start of the virus.
The state dashboard says new cases are up by 4.4% over the past seven days. The positivity rate decreased by 0.1 percentage points in that same time, while tests are up 4.2%.Â
In the state's healthcare system, 1,461 people are dealing with COVID-19 infections. Of those, 413 are in the ICU and 207 are on ventilators.
Sunday numbers show that 48.2% of Missouri residents have gotten at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine. For Missourians 18 and older that number is at 59% and 31.2% for those ages 12 to 17.
In total, 5,316,949 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 13,027.
