ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force gave an update on hospitalizations related to the coronavirus in the St. Louis area on Sunday.
The task force reported a decrease in new COVID-19 hospital admissions (data is lagged two days).
The 7-day moving averages of COVID-19 hospital admission and hospitalizations both remained the same.
Here is a full breakdown of the data:
- New hospital admissions (data lagged two days) decreased from 40 to 29
- The seven-day moving average of hospital admissions (data lagged two days) remained the same at 35
- The seven-day moving average of hospitalizations remained the same at 266
- Inpatient confirmed COVID positive hospitalizations increased – from 248 to 257
- Inpatient suspected COVID positive hospitalizations increased – from 109 to 117
- The number of confirmed COVID positive patients in the ICUs remained the same at 76
- The number of confirmed COVID positive patients on ventilators increased – from 47 to 49
Across the system hospitals, 34 COVID-19 patients were discharged Saturday, bringing the cumulative number of COVID-19 patients discharged to 6,200.
As of Sunday, St. Louis reported 6,958 total cases and 197 deaths. Missouri reported 123,406 total cases and 2,063 deaths.
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