Over 70,000 missourians have been tested at this time. Want approach may 4, i missourians to feel confident that we are in a good place and ready to move forward. The four essential pillars of our show me strong Recovery Plan are a big part of this. We have met each of these pillars and have full confidence that missouri is prepared and ready to safely reopen. One of the four pillars is Hospital Capacity. I want to repeat what i said yesterday, our hospitals are not overwhelmed. With the exception of the st. Louis region, every region across the state has shown a significant decrease in covid19 hospitalization. Ourill continue to monitor Hospital Capacity as we move forward, but missouri has an Excellent Health care system, the hospitalsou are prepared. Another pillar of our Recovery Plan is testing capacity. Between the state health lab and andeast 15 private labs participating health care institutions, approximately 50,000 tests could be performed each week. 125e are now more than Sa
Gov. Parson good afternoon, and thank you for joining us today. As of noon today, there have positive cases of covid19, including 318 deaths. Over 70,000 missourians have been tested at this time. Want approach may 4, i missourians to feel confident that we are in a good place and ready to move forward. The four essential pillars of our show me strong Recovery Plan are a big part of this. We have met each of these pillars and have full confidence that missouri is prepared and ready to safely reopen. One of the four pillars is Hospital Capacity. I want to repeat what i said yesterday, our hospitals are not overwhelmed. With the exception of the st. Louis region, every region across the state has shown a significant decrease in covid19 hospitalization. Ourill continue to monitor Hospital Capacity as we move forward, but missouri has an Excellent Health care system, the hospitalsou are prepared. Another pillar of our Recovery Plan is testing capacity. Between the state health lab and ande
That the hospitals are prepared. Pillar of our Recovery Plan is testing capacity. Capacity. Between the state health lab and andeast 15 private labs participating health care institutions, approximately 50,000 tests could be performed each week. 125e are now more than Sample Collection sites located throughout the state, and mobile outreach is now available to reach people who may not be able to get to a testing site. Dhs has expanded its testing criteria so more people can be tested, and rapid pointofcare testing devices have been deployed throughout the Sample Collection sites located throughout the state. Also shifted to an aggressive box in approach with testing. This strategy will allow positive patients to be identified and isolated as soon as possible to prevent the virus from spreading further in the community. In addition, we are now utilizing community sampling to specific counties. T last week, the department of Economic Development partnered launched thend google marketplac
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