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SUNDAY UPDATES: 420 people in Missouri are in the ICU with COVID-19

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Covid-19 Dec. 12
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Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Covid-19 Dec. 12

The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 14.5% on Sunday. An additional 1,681 new COVID-19 cases were added bringing the total of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic is now 766,421.

There have also been 172,019 probable antigen test results being positive.

One new death was added. DHSS has recorded a total of 12,726 COVID-19 related deaths.

The state dashboard says new cases are down by 1.4% over the past seven days. The positivity rate decreased by 0.5% in that same time, while tests are up 2.9%. 

In the state's healthcare system, 1,866 people are dealing with COVID-19 infections. Of those, 420 are in the ICU and 226 are on ventilators.

Sunday numbers show that 59.3% of Missouri residents have gotten at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine. For Missourians 18 and older that number is at 70.5% and 28% for those ages 5 to 17.

In total, 7,503,586 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 24,338.

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