Covid-19 Numbers Continue to Decline in Missouri

(MISSOURINET) State health are officials are cautiously optimistic that COVID-19 numbers are headed in the right direction in Missouri. Department of Health and Senior Services spokeswoman Lisa Cox says cases, deaths and the positivity rate are all down significantly:

The state’s COVID dashboard shows an average of 272 cases per day over the last week and the positivity rate fell to three-point-nine percent. Cox says COVID cases rose rapidly with the omicron variant but dropped just as quickly.