More Than 1,000 New COVID Cases Hit Missouri, Arkansas For Third Day
Arkansas and Missouri have both reported a third straight day of more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases, with the surge being blamed in part on the delta strain and lagging vaccination rates.
Republican Gov. Asa Hutchison posted the numbers on his
Twitter page, showing that the state's Department of Health reported more than 1,155 new coronavirus cases on Friday.
Missouri, meanwhile, also recorded over 1,000 new coronavirus infections for the third day in a row, reports
The Hill.
The numbers were up slightly from Wednesday when 1,000 new cases were reported, but fewer than on Thursday, when 1,210 new cases were reported.
Hutchison has started town halls aimed at increasing vaccinations and last month implored state residents to get their shots.
“The overwhelming majority of COVID patients in the hospital have not been vaccinated," he said. "These vaccines are effective, but we need more Arkansans to get the shot.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, just under 35% of Arkansas' population has been fully vaccinated. The state has reported 355,460 coronavirus infections since the pandemic's beginning, on Friday reported four new deaths from the disease, bringing the overall death toll to 5,948.
Meanwhile, in Missouri, more than half of the state's residents have not gotten their COVID vaccines, and the state trails only neighboring Arkansas in the number of people becoming ill with the renewed spread of the disease also being blamed on the delta variant, reports
The Hill.
As of Friday, the Missouri Health Department has recorded a total of 533,670 coronavirus cases, an increase of 1,544 cases from Thursday, marking the third day with more than 1,000 new infections.
State data shows that 45.1% of the population has gotten at least one shot, with 39.6% being fully immunized
Arkansas and Missouri have both reported a third straight day of more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases, with the surge being blamed in part on the delta strain and lagging vaccination rates.
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And from the unwashed.
RainyDaze
How many of those cases were flown in from the border??
angstx
as a general rule i don't take experimental "vaccines" that are imposed by liberals
random
Two States that are winning the COVID-19 Death Lottery.
mjs64
Oh the humanity! People are catching colds!
WRC233
What this article omits. How many of those thousand new cases a day were just bused to those states from the Rio Grande border thanks to José Biden.
Dave
It’s easy to manipulate “positive” tests. So easy that high schoolers were doing it to get out of school. The Biden-government is a hoax.