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Parson Says Hospitalizations Down Sharply in Most Areas of State

MU Health Care's main campus, near Stadium Blvd. in downtown Columbia.
Nathan Lawrence / KBIA

Gov. Mike Parson says coronavirus hospitalizations across Missouri are down significantly since peaking in early April, a key parameter in allowing the state to reopen. 

The Republican governor has outlined several metrics that he considers important in his decision to allow businesses and organizations to reopen starting Monday.

He said Tuesday that an important part of the data is the number of hospitalizations for COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus.

Parson says that statewide, hospitalizations peaked at 1,142 on April 7. Since then, hospitalizations have declined dramatically everywhere except the St. Louis area.

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