Missouri sets new one-day record as 32 COVID-19 deaths reported

The state of Missouri set a new one-day record for COVID-19 deaths, as 32 were added to the total today, according to statistics released by the Department of Health and Senior Services this afternoon.

The previous record was 30.

The state's death total stands at 1,496.

A total of 1,198 new cases were confirmed, or 82,190 overall.

The number of people who are hospitalized, which had slipped past the 1,000 mark in statistics released 24 hours earlier, dropped to 976.