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Death of child added to toll as Missouri tops 11000 COVID-19 deaths - STLtoday.com
Sep 14, 2021 51 secs
Missouri on Tuesday surpassed 11,000 COVID-19 deaths, including the death of a child, as early data indicates August was one of deadliest months of the pandemic.

The death brings the total number of Missouri children younger than 18 who have died from COVID-19 to six, according to state health department spokeswoman Lisa Cox.

Data lags by several weeks, but COVID-19 deaths in Missouri have already reached 878 in the five weeks that span August — more than triple the numbers seen this past spring, before the highly infections delta variant took hold, according to state data analyzed by the Post-Dispatch.

Hospital officials hope the number of deaths will start to drop, as cases and hospitalizations have shown signs of easing.

The average number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized reached 486 after several weeks above 500.

Tuesday’s seven-day average of new cases of COVID-19 in Missouri was 2,313, where it has hovered for the past few weeks after dropping from a summer peak of 3,032 on Aug.

Louis area have reported that up to a third of new cases are among children.

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