SATURDAY UPDATES: Sixteen new deaths recorded due to Covid-19
The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 10.2% on Saturday. The change in positivity comes along with 1,749 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 661,110 since the start of pandemic.
Health officials also recorded 584 new probable cases with a total number of 138,220 antigen test results being positive.
Sixteen new deaths were recorded Saturday. DHSS has recorded a total of 11,062 deaths in the state since the start of the virus.
The state dashboard says new cases are up by 1.8% over the past seven days. The positivity rate dropped by 0.9% in that same time, while tests are up 10.9%.
In the state's healthcare system, 1,951 people are dealing with COVID-19 infections. Of those, 491 are in the ICU and 312 are on ventilators.
Saturday numbers show that 53% of Missouri residents have gotten at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine. For Missourians 18 and older that number is at 64.3% and 40.2% for those ages 12 to 17.
In total, 5,964,552 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 9,858.
