ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force gave an update on hospitalizations related to the coronavirus in the St. Louis area on Saturday.
The task force reported a decrease in new COVID-19 related hospital admissions as well as a decrease in the seven-day moving average of COVID-19 hospital admissions (data is lagged two days).
Here is a full breakdown of the data:
- New hospital admissions (data lagged two days) decreased – from 29* yesterday to 26 today.
- The seven-day moving average of hospital admissions (data lagged two days) decreased – from 39 yesterday to 36 today.
- The seven-day moving average of hospitalizations decreased – from 299 yesterday to 293 today.
- Inpatient confirmed COVID positive hospitalizations decreased – from 274 yesterday to 267 today.
- Inpatient suspected COVID positive hospitalizations decreased 100 yesterday to 72 today.
- The number of confirmed COVID positive patients in the ICUs increased – from 76 yesterday to 82 today.
- The number of confirmed COVID positive patients on ventilators increased – from 48 yesterday to 53 today.
Across the system hospitals, 37 COVID-19 patients were discharged yesterday, bringing the cumulative number of COVID-19 patients discharged to 5,406.
Task force update- September 6, 2020
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