St. Louis County reported seven new deaths from COVID-19 and 61 new cases on Tuesday, April 21. The county has now reported 88 related deaths and 2,349 cases since the onset of the pandemic.
Though blacks form only 24.9% of the county’s population, the death rate for COVID-19 for blacks was more than three times that of whites.
The county reports that 36.6% of positive tests in the county were of black people and 33.4% were of people who identified as two or more races.
With 88 deaths in 2,349 cases, 3.7% of those in the county who were reported positive have died.