Missouri had 10 new COVID cases per 100,000 residents in the past week, a notch above Wyoming and Utah and far ahead of the national average of three, according to the Times.

Three Missouri counties also made the top 10 list of counties: Polk, near Springfield, had 51 cases per 100,000 residents; Linn and Livingston, in the north-central part of the state, had 48 and 42, respectively.

The Show-Me State had double the hospitalization rate, 12 per 100,000 residents, as the national average in the past week.