Missouri reports 19 new COVID-19 related deaths, raising total to almost 100
The number of people who have died in Missouri from COVID-19 increased by 19 for the second consecutive day, bringing the total deaths to 96, according to updated data released Friday by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. One of those deaths was reported in Kansas City.
That’s an increase of about 25% since Thursday, when the number of deaths stood at 77.
The number of people testing positive for the coronavirus increased by 260, bringing the total number of Missouri cases to 3,799.
As of Thursday, 40,480 people have been tested in Missouri.
Kansas City has 283 confirmed cases and Jackson County has 193, according to state numbers.
The St. Louis metro area remains the hardest hit, with more than 2,000 cases and 46 deaths reported between the city of St. Louis and county.
Other areas reporting deaths are St. Louis County with 32; St. Louis City with 14; St. Charles County with 10; Kansas City and Greene County each with seven; Jackson County with four; Jefferson and Franklin counties with three; and Boone, Buchanan, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Cass, Clay, Cole, Henry, Lafayette, Lincoln, Pulaski, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, and Taney with one each.
Thirty-seven of the deaths come from people who were over 80 years old. People between the ages of 70 to 79 accounted for the second-most deaths with 25. No one under 29 has died in the state.
In Kansas, the death toll climbed to 50, with 10 deaths linked to a nursing facility. There have been 1,166 confirmed cases in Kansas. Missouri has been testing about three times as many people than in Kansas.
In the United States, more than 486,000 people have tested positive for the coronavirus and more than 18,000 people have died, according to the latest numbrs from Johns Hopkins University.
This story was originally published April 10, 2020 at 3:14 PM.
