SUNDAY UPDATES: Over 900 new Covid-19 cases recorded across Missouri
The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 9.4% on Sunday. The change in positivity comes along with 936 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 672,089 since the start of pandemic.
Health officials also recorded 174 new probable cases with a total number of 141,232 antigen test results being positive.
One new death was recorded Sunday. DHSS has recorded a total of 11,332 deaths in the state since the start of the virus.
The state dashboard says new cases are down by 21% over the past seven days. The positivity rate dropped by 0.7% in that same time, while tests are down 13.9%.Â
In the state's healthcare system, 1,735 people are dealing with COVID-19 infections. Of those, 452 are in the ICU and 299 are on ventilators.
Sunday numbers show that 53.4% of Missouri residents have gotten at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine. For Missourians 18 and older that number is at 64.8% and 40.7% for those ages 12 to 17.
In total, 6,037,554 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 7,817.