SATURDAY UPDATE: Seventeen new Covid-19 deaths added to the state dashboard

The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 13.9% on Saturday. The change in positivity comes along with 1,914 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 613,486 since the start of pandemic.

Health officials also recorded 519 new probable cases with a total number of 122,706 antigen test results being positive.

Seventeen new deaths were recorded Saturday. DHSS has recorded a total of 10,202 deaths in the state since the start of the virus.

The state dashboard says new cases are down by 12.2% over the past seven days. The positivity rate dropped by 0.5% in that same time, while tests are down 8.4%. 

In the state's healthcare system, 2,456 people are dealing with COVID-19 infections. Of those, 693 are in the ICU and 383 are on ventilators.

Saturday numbers show that 50.8% of Missouri residents have gotten at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine. For Missourians 18 and older that number is at 61.8% and 37% for those ages 12 to 17.

In total, 5,621,285 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 13,699.