Coronavirus numbers in St. Louis area hospitals continued to improve Sunday as the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force reported the fewest number of new deaths and admissions in months. On Sunday, the task force reported one new death and 42 new admissions, the lowest since Oct. 7 and Oct. 23, respectively. Total hospitalizations increased slightly Sunday from 400 to 411, but the seven-day average decreased from 453 to 442. The following.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force and St. Louis County are collaborating with SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to as many as 4,000 area first responders.
Under the agreement, first responders in the St. Louis County area – including St. Louis County police and fire personnel as well as county-based federal law enforcement employees – started receiving vaccinations at the hospital Monday morning.
The partnership could vaccinate up to 4,000 first responders, a St. Louis County Department of Public Health spokeswoman said Monday. More than 650 first responders had already made appointments by the time the partnership was announced Wednesday, filling the first three days in the schedule.
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The Metro East s seven-day positivity rate reported Tuesday was 6.5%, which is at the threshold to return to Phase 4 restrictions.
The regional dashboard also reported 20% ICU bed available. The region needs to remain above 20% for restrictions to be loosened.
As of Tuesday, the Metro East is the only region still under Tier 2 mitigations.
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The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force reported improving numbers again Tuesday.
The following data are the combined figures from the four major health systems (BJC HealthCare, Mercy, SSM Health, St. Luke’s Hospital) that are part of the task force, for Feb. 2.
New hospital admissions (data lagged two days) decreased - from 59 yesterday to 51 today.