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Nearly one in three COVID tests in Missouri come back positive in past week

Friday, January 7, 2022 at 10:54 AM

Nearly one in three of all COVID tests taken in Missouri over the last recorded seven days have come back positive.

According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), the state has recorded 863,885 cumulative cases of SARS-CoV-2—an increase of 10,073 positive cases (PCR testing only)—and 13,299 total deaths as of Thursday, Jan. 6, an increase of 16 from the day prior. That’s a case fatality rate of 1.54%.

It’s important to keep in mind that not all cases and deaths recorded occurred in the last 24 hours.

Missouri has administered 8,573,746 PCR tests for COVID-19 over the entirety of the pandemic and as of Jan. 5, 18.4% of those tests have come back positive. People who have received multiple PCR tests are not counted twice, according to the state health department.

The entire story can be read on ozarksfirst.com.

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