Missouri continued to add COVID-19 cases at a higher rate than the vast majority of other states last week, according to federal experts. In its latest report, the White House Coronavirus Task Force wrote that the state added 179 new cases for every 100,000 residents last week, a 23 percent increase over the previous seven-day period. The figure was the fifth-highest among all states, more than twice the national average and good for a ninth straight week in the task force's "red zone." Missouri showed some improvement in the percentage of tests coming back positive, posting an 8 percent figure that was the lowest since the first full week of August, though it remained 10th-highest among all states...
