St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force

More than 1,000 people in the bi-state St. Louis region and nearly that many across Missouri have died of COVID-19 as of this week. 061920

St. Louis Metro Area Passes 1,000-Death Milestone From COVID-19

More than 1,000 people have now died of COVID-19 in the bi-state St. Louis area. The region surpassed the grim milestone late this week, about 90 days…

Dr. Robert Poirier works in the Barnes-Jewish Hospital emergency department. He says patients are dying because they're waiting too long to seek care in the region's ERs.

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Fear Of COVID-19 Is Keeping Patients From Seeking Lifesaving Emergency Treatment

Sarah Fentem

People in the St. Louis region are dying from preventable causes such as strokes or heart attacks because they’re afraid of contracting COVID-19 in…

After steep increases at the end of March, new cases of people testing positive for the coronavirus have leveled off, if not declined in Missouri, Illinois and the St. Louis metro area.

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Downward Curve: St. Louis Area Now Seeing Fewer New Coronavirus Cases

Brian Heffernan

The number of new coronavirus cases in the St. Louis metro area is decreasing.Although the overall number of positive cases continues to rise, fewer…

health officials are expecting the peak on/around April 25. But another, potentially worse, peak could come if businesses/etc try to go back to normal before wide-spread testing becomes available.

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Social Distancing Is Working, But St. Louis Health Officials Warn Against Letting Up

Corinne Ruff

About a month ago, Dr. Keith Woeltje’s initial projections plotting the curve of COVID-19 cases in the St. Louis region looked bleak.“For a couple of days…

Medical workers at Mercy Health's drive-through novel coronavirus test collection site are gathering samples from patients daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (March 16, 2020)

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Pandemic Task Force Leader Dr. Alex Garza Talks Coronavirus Peak, More

Alex Heuer

Dr. Alex Garza is leading a collaboration of the St. Louis region’s four major health systems: SSM Health, Mercy, BJC HealthCare and St. Luke’s…

The emergency department at SSM Health St. Mary's in Clayton is one of several facilities in St. Louis County that County Executive Sam Page would like to have report non-fatal overdoses to the St. Louis County Department of Public Health.

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COVID-19 Hospitalizations Expected To Peak In St. Louis Late Next Week

Sarah Fentem

St. Louis hospitals have more than a week before they experience the peak number of patients sick from COVID-19, officials representing the region’s…