Missouri moves back into moderate transmission level of COVID-19

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The new State Profile Report shows Missouri is back in the moderate transmission level of COVID-19.

This comes as Missouri saw a 12% drop in cases, and a 25% drop in COVID-19 deaths last week. However, the state positivity rate increased slightly by 0.5%.

As of now, a majority of counties in Missouri are in the yellow zone with moderate transmission including Boone, Cole, and Audrain counties. Nine new counties are now in the blue zone of low transmission, bringing the total to 18.

According to the report, 79.3% of cases in Missouri are the variant first identified in the U.K., 1.2% are the variant first identified in South Africa, 1.0% is the variant first identified in California, and 6.0% are the variant first identified in Brazil.

The Missouri vaccine dashboard shows 42.4% of the population have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 35.6% have completed vaccination.