SUNDAY UPDATES: Covid-19 hospitalizations and ICU numbers begin to trend downward

The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 14.6% on Sunday. This comes with 1,400 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 601,721 since the start of pandemic.

Health officials also recorded 347 new probable cases with a total number of 119,304 antigen test results being positive.

One new death was recorded Sunday. DHSS has recorded a total of 10,028 deaths in the state since the start of the virus.

The state dashboard says new cases are down by 8.8% over the past seven days. The positivity rate dropped by 0.2% in that same time, while tests are down 6.6%. 

In the state's healthcare system, 2,323 people are dealing with COVID-19 infections. Of those, 655 are in the ICU and 367 are on ventilators.

Sunday numbers show that 50.2% of Missouri residents have gotten at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine. For Missourians 18 and older that number is at 61.1% and 35.5% for those ages 12 to 17.

In total, 5,533,575 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 13,472.