Missouri reported 1 new COVID-19 death and 171 more cases on Sunday, April 26. The state has now reported 274 total deaths and 6,997 total cases since the onset of the pandemic.
The state reported that approximately 69,748 people had been tested as of April 25. With approximately 6.17 million people in the state, 1.1% of the population had been tested as of April 25. Of those reported tested, 10 percent have tested positive. Of those who tested positive, 3.9 percent have died.
According to the state, 40 percent of the deaths and 30 percent of these positive cases were black people, though blacks form only 11.8 percent of the state’s population, according to the U.S. Census.
On April 23, the state announced that rolled out its testing strategy in Buchanon County, a county that is 88.5% white according to the Census and has meat production facilities