Missouri topped 400,000 cases of coronavirus on Sunday, . Another 2,305 cases were reported, bringing the total to 401,761.
With a population of about 6.5 million people, the state ranks 23rd in the highest number of total coronavirus cases reported per capita, according to the .
The three Missouri counties with the most cases per capita are Sullivan, Madison and Cole counties, state data shows. Each of those counties has reported over 10,000 cases per 100,000 people, meaning one in 10 residents have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Illinois added 4,469 cases on Sunday, bringing its total to 979,821 — which ranks 12th per capita.Ìý
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ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ on Sunday reported 19 new deaths from COVID-19, bringing the total to 5,562. Illinois added 81 deaths for a total of 16,755.
In the past seven days in Missouri, 15,935 new cases were reported out of 87,018 people tested — for a positivity rate nearly 20%, meaning the transmission of the virus remains widespread. The positivity rate in Illinois is almost 10%.Ìý
The average daily number of new cases in Missouri has been increasing over the past week, a Post-Dispatch analysis of data shows. Since Dec. 28, the seven-day daily average has gone from 2,185 to 2,810. The number had been going down since before Thanksgiving, when a high of more than 4,500 cases were being reported each day.Ìý
In the past seven days, the state has recorded 60 new deaths.
Hospitalizations across the state remained high. The from Dec. 31 shows 2,701 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, though not all hospitals report their totals each day. Intensive care units are over 75% full.Ìý
The seven-day average number of hospitalizations has stayed above 2,500 since mid-November. That is double what the average number was in early October.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force reported 82 new COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in the area, up from 68 the day before.
The task force reported a total of 785 confirmed COVID-19 patients across area BJC HealthCare, Mercy, SSM Health and St. Luke’s Hospital facilities — down from a peak of 961 on Nov. 30. Task force data lags two days.
Over the past seven days, an average of 807 patients have been in St. Louis-area hospitals each day with COVID-19, with several facilities' intensive care units at or near capacity, according to a .Ìý
COVID-19 in Missouri and Illinois: By the numbers
NOTE: On Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) changed how it reports COVID-19 cases and deaths. The department began counting reinfections as new cases, and added epidemiologically linked cases to its counts.
On April 17, 2021, DHSS adjusted a database error that was causing individuals with both a positive PCR and antigen result to be counted as both a probable and confirmed case. This correction removed 11,454 cases that were counted twice in previous probable antigen cases, according the notation. That date's data has been removed from this display.
Beginning March 8, 2021, DHSS began posting county-level data showing "probable" COVID-19 cases detected by antigen testing. Using the historical data from the DHSS dashboard, we reconfigured this graph to include that number in the total.
Missouri updated its data dashboard on Sept. 28. 2020, to delete duplicate cases. This resulted in a decrease of total cases which caused the daily count to reflect a negative number. That date's data has been removed from this display.
NOTE: On Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) changed how it reports COVID-19 cases and deaths. The department began counting reinfections as new cases, and added epidemiologically linked cases to its counts.
On April 17, 2021, DHSS adjusted a database error that was causing individuals with both a positive PCR and antigen result to be counted as both a probable and confirmed case. This correction removed 11,454 cases that were counted twice in previous probable antigen cases, according the notation.
Beginning March 8, 2021, DHSS began posting county-level data showing "probable" COVID-19 cases detected by antigen testing. Using the historical data from the DHSS dashboard, we reconfigured this graph to include that number in the total.
Missouri updated its data dashboard on Sept. 28. 2020, to delete duplicate cases. This resulted in a decrease of total cases which caused the daily count to reflect a negative number.
NOTE: On Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) changed how it reports COVID-19 cases and deaths. The department began counting reinfections as new cases, and added epidemiologically linked cases to its counts.
NOTE: On Oct. 11, Missouri announced that a database error had resulted in an “incorrect inflation†of cases in its Oct. 10 report
Note from St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force: The data includes patients at BJC HealthCare, SSM Health and St. Luke's Hospital. As of Jan. 17, 2022, the data includes patients at the VA St. Louis Healthcare System.
Note from Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services: Note: Due to an abrupt change in data measures and the reporting platform issued by the White House on Monday, July 13, and effective Wednesday, July 15, Missouri Hospital Association (MHA) and the State of Missouri were unable to access hospitalization data during the transition. .
NOTE: On Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) began counting probable death along with confirmed deaths.
