Posted By: Nicole Rodriguez January 26, 2021 @ 2:23 pm Local News, News
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) Experts in all corners of Missouri are seeing room for optimism in the fight against the coronavirus thanks to a decline in new cases, decreasing hospitalizations and other factors. Evidence suggests that the post-holiday spike is over, and things are improving.
The seven-day average for new cases reported Tuesday was 27.2% lower than the previous seven-day average, according to the state’s COVID-19 dashboard. Hospitalizations remain high, but are declining.
Dr. Alex Garza of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force says there are plenty “signs of hope” given the improvement at a time of year when illnesses tend to run high.
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IDPH lists 6 Riverbend virus deaths
Region 4 remains last to allow indoor dining
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Christina Reynolds cleans a table at the Olive Branch Cafe in Jerseyville, which has reopened under Region 3 COVID guidelines. Region 4, which includes Madison County, remains the only region in Illinois that has yet to again allow indoor dining due to COVID-19 mitigations.
WOOD RIVER Six new COVID-19 related deaths in the Riverbend were among the 87 reported Monday by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
The IDPH reported the Jersey County death of a woman in her 70s, the Calhoun County death of a woman in her 80s and four Madison County deaths: a woman in her 60s, a man in his 60s, a man in his 80s and a woman in her 90s.
Updated: 3:48 PM CST Jan 26, 2021 The Associated Press Experts in all corners of Missouri are seeing room for optimism in the fight against the coronavirus thanks to a decline in new cases, decreasing hospitalizations and other factors.The state health department on Tuesday reported 1,079 new confirmed cases and 133 new deaths, though 103 of those deaths occurred previously but were unreported until the state’s weekly examination of death certificates. Missouri has now cited 451,493 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 6,686 deaths since the pandemic began last winter.But evidence suggests that the post-holiday spike is over and things are improving. The seven-day average for new cases reported Tuesday was 27.2% lower than the previous seven-day average, according to the state’s COVID-19 dashboard.Hospitalizations remain high, but are declining. Dr. Alex Garza of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force said the improvements are especially noteworthy giv