More than half the population has not taken a COVID-19 vaccine in Missouri, which is dealing with one of the worst situations with the coronavirus across the country.
As parts of the United States emerge from the pandemic, other sections of the country are experiencing a very different reality with the virus. Few states illustrate the divide better than Missouri.
The state has the second most cases per capita next to neighboring Arkansas, according to the database kept by The New York Times.
The Missouri Health Department has recorded a total of 533,670 coronavirus cases as of Friday, an increase of 1,544 from the day before.
According to KMBC 9 News, this is the third day in a row that the state had more than 1,000 new infections.
According to state data, only 45.1 percent of the population has initiated vaccination, and 39.6 percent have been fully inoculated.
Hospitals in the state have reported being drained by the surge in infections, and having to quickly adapt.
And the state’s problems are likely growing worse because of the delta variant, which is becoming more and more common across the country and has the power to spread quickly through unvaccinated communities.
“This is a mass casualty event, happening in slow-motion,” Springfield, Mo., Fire Chief Dave Pennington said on Twitter. “EMS resources are depleted, and the hospital systems are overwhelmed. Our community is in crisis.”
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According to an analysis from USA Today, cases are trending upward in nearly half of all U.S. states. Nevada’s COVID-19 positivity rate has exceeded 8 percent for the first time since February, with the surge due in part to the delta variant.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that the variant now accounts for a majority of the cases in the U.S.
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