One year into pandemic, Missouri’s COVID report missing 80,000 cases, 1,000 deaths
Local health department reports show far more cases and fatalities
March 6, 2021
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, left, and Gov. Mike Parson announce the first COVID-19 case in Missouri, March 7, 2020. // Screenshot from official livestream
The Hickory County Health Department reported 853 total local COVID-19 cases in its weekly update Friday, five more than a week earlier.
But residents of the southwest Missouri county who check the Department of Health and Senior Services dashboard for information would not have known that. Instead, they would see a cumulative 467 cases. Those that watch it closely would think only one case had been reported since Feb. 19.
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House OKs plan allowing state officials to restrict public health orders issued by local governments Austin Huguelet, Springfield News-Leader © Andrew Jansen/News-Leader About 150 people lined both sides of Battlefield Road near Glenstone Avenue on Saturday, April 25, 2020, to protest the stay-at-home order and to urge the mayor and governor to let people get back to work. Sam Stoyeff, one of the organizers of the protest, said, Everyone needs to work. It s essential to work. We don t think that fear should outweigh people s constitutional rights.
JEFFERSON CITY The Missouri House gave initial approval to a plan giving elected officials more say in public health decisions during and after the pandemic this week.
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Voters cast a ballot in the St. Louis primary at Gambrinus Hall in south city on Tuesday.
Tuesday was historic for St. Louis politics.
The advancement of St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Alderwoman Cara Spencer means that for the first time, two women will square off in the April mayoral election. It was also the city s first use of approval voting, which allows people to choose as many candidates as they want, with the top two moving on to the April election.
But it was also a watershed moment for left-of-center activists who have found themselves disappointed in critical citywide elections. For the first time in several decades, a different political faction will control the mayor’s office no matter who prevails in April.
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