ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Two more people have died from COVID-19 in St. Louis County and more than 20 new cases have been confirmed in the last 24 hours.
The county updated its numbers the morning of April 9. The total death count is up to 28 and there are 1,337 cases in the county. Twenty-one new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours. This number is down from the previous day when there were 77 new cases.
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Below is the information provided by the county on the specifics of the deaths due to COVID-19.
On April 9, the county began to include race on most of the deadly cases as well as positive cases.
On April 8, Missouri's health chief said he is directing medical professionals to provide racial data about patients who become ill or die from the coronavirus as some black lawmakers raised concerns about the lack of such information.
The chart on the county's website represents the 60% of positive cases for which race was provided to DPH; race was not provided to DPH for 40% of positive cases. Positive cases are those with a positive lab test. Below is the chart provided on April 9.
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY ST. LOUIS COUNTY
black female, 50-59 years of age, underlying medical conditions, if any, are unknown at this time
black male, 50-59 years of age, underlying medical conditions, if any, are unknown at this time
black female, 60-69 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
female, 80-89 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
black male, 80-89 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
white male, 80-89 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
white male, 60-69 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
black male, 60-69 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
black male, 70-79 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
white female, 70-79 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
white female, 80-89 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
white male, 90-99 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
white female, 90-99 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
black male, 80-89 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
female, 80-89 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
male, 80-89 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
black male, 80-89 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
male, 70-79 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
white female, 50-59 years of age, underlying medical conditions, if any, are unknown at this time
white male, 50-59 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
black male, 60-69 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
white male, 90-99 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
male, 80-89 years of age, underlying medical conditions, if any, are unknown at this time
white male, 90-99 years of age, underlying medical conditions, if any, are unknown at this time
white male, 80-89 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
black male, 60-69 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
male, 70-79 years of age, with underlying medical conditions
black female, 50-59 years of age, underlying medical conditions, if any, are unknown at this time
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