The Parson administration has issued a statewide public health warning, due to the continued increase in new COVID cases statewide.
The state Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) says there are currently 2,588 COVID patients in Missouri hospitals, an increase of 135 in the past 24 hours. 608 of those patients are in the ICU and 310 are on ventilators.
DHSS says there have been 27,358 new COVID cases in Missouri in the past week, an average of 3,908 new cases per day.
The department has also issued a holiday travel advisory, urging you to minimize travel outside of Missouri and to wear a mask.
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