Southwest Missouri hospitals begin to surpass winter COVID-19 surge.

[Jim G.]

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/southwest-missouri-hospitals-begin-to-surpass-winter-covid-19-surge-st-louis-county-warns-of/article_a65f379f-8bc5-5bf3-a017-0a43f4853e0e.html

St. Louis County warns of rising cases

ST. LOUIS — Hospitals in southwest Missouri are beginning to surpass the level of COVID-19 patients seen in the winter of 2020, and St. Louis-area officials are bracing for infection rates to continue to rise here, too.

On Monday, Mercy Hospital Springfield had more COVID-19 patients than at the peak in December, and Greene County's infection rates showed no signs of retreat.

"Not only are cases continuing to rise, but they're rising faster," said Aaron Schekorra, public health information administrator for the Springfield-Greene County Health Department.

In the St. Louis region, hospitalizations for the virus have been increasing for three weeks. Health officials have warned that the more transmissible delta variant of COVID-19 is circulating here and have called on residents to get vaccinated to tamp down its spread.

During a briefing Monday morning, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said the county's rate of new cases has risen 63% in two weeks.

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[PortTack]

1. Well MO...are ya ready to quit your anti vaxx crap??

[LisaL]

2. Clearly not.

NT

[Jim G.]

4. They're Still Being Brainwashed By The RW Media

While they're certainly at fault for being gullible let's not forget WHY they're not wearing masks & getting vaccinated; it's because a fat orange buffoon politicized it & that disinformation is still being put out there by those pushing ideology over science.

[belpejic]

3. No-one to blame but themselves n/t