The St. Luke’s vaccine portal still focuses on the 1A tier, but other applicants who are eligible will receive a confirmation email with a link to make their vaccination appointments.
The hospital systems have opened registration for the vaccine to residents of Missouri and Illinois, with questions that ask your name, age, whether you are a health-care or essential worker and whether you are already a patient of the hospital system. You can still sign up even if you are not a current patient at most of the portals, although SSM Health requires you to be a patient and sign up for the patient portal MyChart.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force reported improving numbers in the St. Louis area as Missouri and Illinois report decreasing positivity rates. On Tuesday, the task force reported fewer than 700 COVID-19 patients for the fourth consecutive day. Additionally, the seven-day average for new admissions dipped below 100 for the first time since Jan. 13. Saturday was the first day with fewer than 700 coronavirus patients in area hospitals.
Task force leader says region not out of the woods , lays out vaccine distribution plan We will celebrate the numbers coming down, we still have a lot of patients that we are taking care of in our hospitals and we re still not out of the woods
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St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force leader, Dr. Alexander Garza gives his daily report on COVID-19, at Saint Louis University in St. Louis on Friday, November 20, 2020. Dr. Garza outlined ways to combat the spread of the virus. He recommended a state-wide stay-at-home order because what we are currently doing is not working and doing nothing will lead to a lot more deaths. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI