Four more Missourians die from COVID-19 as number of cases continue to grow
Four more Missourians have died from COVID-19, bringing the state’s total number of deaths to 114, according to statistics released Monday afternoon by state health officials.
At least 4,388 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the state. That’s an increase of 228 new cases in the past 24 hours, according to health officials.
As of Sunday, there were 549 confirmed COVID-19 patients who had been hospitalized, a decrease of 33 patients form Saturday, according to data from the Missouri Hospital Association.
There were also another 439 patients hospitalized who are under investigation for COVID-19, an increase of 11 patients over a 24-hour-period.
The areas hardest hit by the coronavirus in Missouri include St. Louis County, which had 1,724 positive cases of the coronavirus; St. Louis with 639, St. Charles County with 346, Kansas City with 329 and Jackson County with 223 cases.
St. Louis County has seen the most deaths too, a total of 42. Other areas reporting deaths are St. Louis at 17; St. Charles County at 10; Kansas City and Greene County at 7 each; Jackson County at 6; Franklin and Jefferson counties at 3 each; Cass County at 2, and Bates, Boone, Buchanan, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Clay, Cole, Henry, Lafayette, Lincoln, Linn, Pulaski, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve and Taney counties each with one.
The COVID-19 disease has been more deadly to those 50 years old and older. The largest number of deaths is among those 80 and older, which account for 41 deaths of the state’s total. That’s followed by 32 deaths among those in their 70s, 23 deaths among those in their 60 and 13 deaths among those in their 50s.
In Kansas, at least 1,376 people have tested positive for the coronavirus, with 62 COVID-19 related deaths.
Nationally, there have been 572,169 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S., with more than 23,070 people who have died from the disease, according statistics from Johns Hopkins University Monday afternoon.
