Alex Garza

St. Louis Children’s Hospital is treating adult patients with the coronavirus. The hospital began admitting adult patients with COVID-19 to relieve doctors at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which is nearing its capacity.

With thousands of new coronavirus cases being diagnosed each day and patients crowding into hospitals, some intensive care units in Missouri are nearly full. But health care workers say the worst is yet to come, and they warn more lives will be lost without a coordinated statewide response.

People in St. Louis and St. Louis County need to comply with orders to wear masks, said Dr. Alex Garza, head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force. But those in surrounding counties also should use them, he said.

The region’s hospitals could soon be overwhelmed with patients as more people are admitted to the hospital with the coronavirus, health officials said Monday. An average of 342 patients with confirmed coronavirus cases are in hospitals in the region’s four largest health care systems each day, and nearly 50 people with the virus are being admitted daily.

In the summer of 2018, St. Charles resident Cindy Fricke got the news following her annual mammogram: She had breast cancer. The diagnosis put her on a two-year path involving chemotherapy, radiation and a partial mastectomy. Now she is cancer free, and as she continues to receive care through SSM Health, her outlook is full of gratitude and optimism, even amid a pandemic.

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Gov. Mike Parson said Friday his goal of getting some Missouri businesses up and running by May 4 can be achieved. Parson announced on Thursday that he…