Missouri coronavirus cases exceed 5,280. 165 have died of COVID-19
Missouri has reported 13 new deaths from complications related to the coronavirus, for a total of 165 deaths, according to the statistics released Friday afternoon by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
The state reported 5,283 cases, up by 172 from Thursday’s total of 5,111.
As of Thursday, 651 patients were hospitalized, according to statistics from the Missouri Hospital Association. Nearly 400 more patients were being investigated for the disease.
More than 4,100 of the nearly 10,800 medical surgical beds and several hundred intensive care units in Missouri are still available, according to the hospital association. However, dozens of hospitals continue to report shortages of personal protective equipment and testing materials.
About 66% of the state’s ventilators are still available.
St. Louis County is the hardest hit region in the state with 2,088 cases. St. Louis has reported 711 cases, up by five from Thursday. St. Charles reported 417 cases.
Kansas City on Friday exceeded 400 cases, for a total of 401 cases, up from 386 on Thursday. Jackson County has reported 267 cases, up by seven from Thursday’s total.
St. Louis County has also seen the largest number of people die from COVID-19 complications with 72 deaths. St. Louis has reported 20 deaths, unchanged from Thursday’s total.
Kansas City has the third-most deaths in the state with 13, followed by St. Charles’ 12.
Jackson County has eight deaths and Greene County has seven, both counties remain unchanged from Thursday’s totals.
Franklin and Cass counties have each reported five deaths, an increase of two and one, respectively. Jefferson County has four deaths, up by one from Thursday. Dunklin County reported its first second death.
Bates, Boone, Buchanan, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Clay, Cole, Henry, Lafayette, Lincoln, Linn, Pulaski, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve and Taney counties have each reported one death.
At 64, the largest number of deaths are among those who were 80 or older. That’s followed by people in their 70s with 42 deaths and those in their 60s with 36 deaths. People in their 50s made up 15 of the deaths and those in their 30s and 40s accounted for eight deaths.
No one under 30 has died, according to the state’s numbers.
Blacks account for 28% of Missouri’s deaths while making up about 12% of the state’s population. Whites make up 38% of the deaths and 83% of the population. In about 29% of the cases, the race is unknown.
About 51,545 people have been tested for the virus in Missouri, with a positive rate of about 10.2%.
Kansas has tested 16,901 people and reports a positive test rate of 10%.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kansas grew to a total of 1,705, an increase of 117 cases from the 1,588 reported Thursday. Eighty-four people have died from the disease in Kansas, up from 80 on Thursday.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly extended their stay-at-home orders to May 3. Kansas City’s is extended to May 15.
Nationally, 683,786 people have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to statistics from Johns Hopkins University. At least 34,575 people have died from complications relating to COVID-19.
This story was originally published April 17, 2020 at 3:16 PM.
