Of the 1019 COVID-19 cases reported in the city, 676 (or 66.3%) were black. Of the 48 victims of the pandemic, 34 (70.8%) were black. Only 45.9% of the city’s population is black, according to U.S. Census data.
“African Americans continue to be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19,” said Dr. Fredrick Echols, St. Louis health director.
With 48 reported deaths from the pandemic in 1019 reported cases, 4.7% of the people in the city who tested positive have died.
A communications representative for the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force said its incident commander Dr. Alex Garza always cautions against looking at day-to-day numbers versus longer term trends.
The task force’s modeling says the peak for hospitalizations and ICU patients for the region will take place today, Saturday, April 25.