St. Louis County

St. Louis County officials have recognized June 19 as an official holiday. The holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.

In one conversation, Page told Doyle he was getting “push back” regarding the appointment of a Black police chief, the lawsuit alleges.

Bookings at the St. Louis County jail dropped by 47% between February and October during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance. St. Louis County’s average daily jail population also decreased by an average of 30% from 2016 to 2019.

The county health department’s last vaccine shipment from the state was Jan. 19. The shortage doesn’t affect people waiting for their second doses, but it could stop the county from scheduling appointments for patients seeking the first shot.

Around 450,000 county residents qualify for a dose, but the county only has enough supply to vaccinate around 100 people a day at the north county site.

County health departments in the St. Louis area plan to use these pre-registration sites as a key tool for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

At least 818 nursing home residents tested positive for the coronavirus in St. Louis County nursing homes in December. That’s about 200 fewer infections than were reported in November.

During a surge of early votes in the November election, St. Charles County rejected ballots at twice the statewide average. But Missouri's early voting rejection rate overall went down this past election.

The reports, released Monday, call for significant action by both departments.

The number of new infections among nursing home residents in St. Louis County had been mostly declining since late spring. The most recent spike in cases represents a more than threefold increase compared to October.