SATURDAY UPDATES: 2,000 new Covid-19 cases along with 2,000 Missourians in the hospital with the virus
The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 11.3% on Saturday, The change in positivity comes along with 2,029 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 649,364 since the start of pandemic.
Health officials also recorded 732 new probable cases with a total number of 134,522 antigen test results being positive.
Thirteen new deaths were recorded Saturday. DHSS has recorded a total of 10,874 deaths in the state since the start of the virus.
The state dashboard says new cases are down by 9.1% over the past seven days. The positivity rate dropped by 0.4% in that same time, while tests are down 6.4%.
In the state's healthcare system, 2,107 people are dealing with COVID-19 infections. Of those, 547 are in the ICU and 344 are on ventilators.
Saturday numbers show that 52.6% of Missouri residents have gotten at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine. For Missourians 18 and older that number is at 63.8% and 39.7% for those ages 12 to 17.
In total, 5,893,644 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 9,581.
