Missouri COVID-19 hospitalizations putting stress on hospitals - KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis

Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task force said it has been a sobering week in St.

Alex Garza said it seems the area has retreated from the progress it made in September.

He cited the newest data showing an increase in COVID hospitalization at task force hospitals, and many of the hospitalizations are coming from rural communities outside St.

The task force wants the number to be below that mark.

Garza said this week the area saw hospitalizations rise into the 60s, something that has only happened 5 times since the beginning of the pandemic.

He said eventually COVID patients in those rural areas will start coming to the metro area and will put more stress on our health care system.

Louis area task force hospitals are coming from Lincoln, Warren, St.

Louis area are also filling up with other medical and surgical patients, adding to the stress on the hospitals.

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