Missouri's largest county sees sharp rise in COVID-19 cases

[Sherman A1]

The number of new COVID-19 cases is rising sharply in Missouri’s largest county, and officials warn that case counts will almost certainly rise over the next couple of weeks as the Omicron variant takes hold.

St. Louis County officials said Monday that the county of about 1 million residents averaged 619 new cases per day over the past seven days, which was 58% more than it averaged over the previous seven days.

“St. Louis County has experienced its biggest surge in COVID-19 cases in more than a year, with more than 1,000 new cases reported on Thursday,” Democratic County Executive Sam Page said at a news conference. “Not since November of 2020 have we seen such numbers.”

He also expressed concern about the high positivity rate, which means that many people are likely infected and don’t know it.

https://krcgtv.com/news/local/missouris-largest-county-sees-sharp-rise-in-covid-19-cases

[Pas-de-Calais]

1. NO mask mandates anywhere

[Sherman A1]

2. Had one until the horse's behind of an AG

Sued to end them.

[roamer65]

3. We haven't seen anything yet.

Late January is going to be hell.