Missouri reported 12 new COVID-19 deaths and 134 more cases on Tuesday, April 21. The state has now reported 189 total deaths and 5,941 total cases since the onset of the pandemic.
The state reported that approximately 56,986 people had been tested as of April 20. With approximately 6.17 million people in the state, only 0.92 percent of the population had been tested as of April 19. Of those reported tested, 10.4 percent have tested positive. Of those who tested positive, 3.2 percent have died.
According to the state, 29 percent of these positive cases and 37 percent of the deaths were black people, though blacks form only 11.8 percent of the state’s population, according to the U.S. Census.