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Missouri COVID update: 7-day positivity rate spikes at 21.1 percent

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Posted: Oct 20, 2020 / 03:33 PM CDTUpdated: Oct 20, 2020 / 03:33 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The COVID positivity rate has risen five percent in just the last 30 days, Missouri health officials said Tuesday.According to the&nbsp;, the state has recorded 159,625 cases of SARS-CoV-2—an increase of 1,524 positive cases—and 2,615 total deaths as of Tuesday, Oct. 20. That’s a case-fatality rate of 1.64 percent.Please keep in mind that not all cases and deaths recorded occurred in the last 24 hours.For comparative purposes, Missouri’s COVID case-fatality rate was&nbsp;, was&nbsp;,&nbsp;,&nbsp;and&nbsp;. In mid-May, the case-fatality rate was&nbsp;. When COVID-19 was beginning to spread across the state in late March, the&nbsp;.The 7-day rolling average for cases in Missouri sits at 2,199; yesterday, it was 2982. Exactly one month ago, the rolling average was 1,480.Approximately 49.4 percent of all reported cases are for individuals 39 years of age and younger. The state has further broken down the age groups into smaller units. The 18 to 24 age group has 26,111 recorded cases, while 25 to 29-year-olds have 14,392 cases.Missouri has administered 2,296,674 PCR tests for COVID-19 and 92 percent of those individuals have tested negative. The 7-day moving average of the positivity rate is 21.1 percent. Health officials exclude the most recent three days to ensure data accuracy.According to the state health department’s COVID-19 Dashboard, “A&nbsp;PCR&nbsp;test looks for the viral RNA in the nose, throat, or other areas in the respiratory tract to determine if there is an active infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. A positive PCR test means that the person has an active COVID-19 infection.”As of Oct. 16, Missouri is reporting 1,439 COVID hospitalizations and a rolling 7-day average of 1,410 – both record highs. The remaining hospital bed capacity sits at 42 percent statewide. The lag behind by two or three days due to reporting delays.Since Sept. 16, the rolling average for hospitalizations has been over 1,000.Across the state, 476 COVID patients are in ICUs, leaving the state’s remaining intensive care capacity at 29 percent.Approximately 49.1 percent of all recorded deaths in the state are for patients 80 years of age and older.If you have additional questions about the coronavirus, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is available at 877-435-8411 (24 hours a day). As of October 1, calls are only accepted from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week. A DHSS spokesperson says they receive 93 percent of calls during this timeframe.&nbsp;As of&nbsp;, the CDC has identified 8,188,585 cases of COVID-19 and 219,499 deaths across all 50 states and 9 U.S.-affiliated districts, jurisdictions, and affiliated territories, for a national case-fatality rate of 2.68 percent.How do COVID deaths compare to other illnesses, like the flu or even the H1N1 pandemics of 1918 and 2009? It’s a common question.According to the&nbsp;&nbsp;(CDC), preliminary data on the 2018-2019 influenza season in the United States shows an estimated 35,520,883 cases and 34,157 deaths; that would mean a case-fatality rate of 0.09 percent. Case-fatality rates on previous seasons are as follows: 0.136 percent (2017-2018), 0.131 percent (2016-2017), 0.096 percent (2015-2016), and 0.17 percent (2014-2015).The 1918 H1N1 epidemic, commonly referred to as the “Spanish Flu,” is&nbsp;&nbsp;and claimed&nbsp;&nbsp;as a result; a case-fatality rate of 2.3 percent. The Spanish Flu claimed greater numbers of young people than typically expected from other influenzas.Beginning in January 2009, another H1N1 virus—known as the “swine flu”—spread around the globe and was first detected in the US in April of that year. The&nbsp;&nbsp;an estimated 60.8 million cases and 12,469 deaths; a 0.021 percent case-fatality rate.Suggest a CorrectionThanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now✕× Close Ad

Posted: Oct 20, 2020 / 03:33 PM CDTUpdated: Oct 20, 2020 / 03:33 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The COVID positivity rate has risen five percent in just the last 30 days, Missouri health officials said Tuesday.According to the&nbsp;, the state has recorded 159,625 cases of SARS-CoV-2—an increase of 1,524 positive cases—and 2,615 total deaths as of Tuesday, Oct. 20. That’s a case-fatality rate of 1.64 percent.Please keep in mind that not all...

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