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Number of Covid patients in St. Louis task force hospitals surpasses 1,000 for first time

2 years 11 months ago
The number of Covid-19 patients in St. Louis task force hospitals surpassed the 1,000 mark for the first time Tuesday. It’s the latest record-breaking number as the omicron variant continues to surge through the St. Louis area following the holidays. The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, a consortium of local health systems, said there are 1,023 Covid patients in task force hospitals, which topped Monday’s daily hospitalization record of 964 patients. As far as how many of those…
Dori Olmos, KSDK

Toyota dethrones General Motors as leader in U.S. yearly vehicle sales

2 years 11 months ago
Toyota passed General Motors to become the U.S. leader in auto sales, according to 2021 sales figures announced on Tuesday. Toyota, which has an aluminum casting plant in Troy, Missouri, reported selling 2,332,262 vehicles in 2021, up more than 10% from a year earlier. General Motors (NYSE: GM), which has an assembly plant in Wentzville, reported selling 2,218,228 vehicles last year, nearly a 13% drop from 2020. It's the first time Toyota has led in U.S. yearly auto sales; a throne that GM has…
Ben Miller

Jury finds Elizabeth Holmes guilty on 4 of 11 Theranos fraud counts

2 years 11 months ago
Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty Monday afternoon on four of the 11 charges that she faced of misleading her defunct Silicon Valley blood testing company's investors and customers. The jury of eight men and four women delivered their verdict after twice telling U.S. Judge Edward Dasilva on Monday that they were deadlocked on three of 11 counts. They found Holmes not guilty on three counts of deceiving paying patients and one count of conspiring to do so. The four she was found guilty of all…
Cromwell Schubarth

These Metro East schools are going back to virtual learning amid Covid surge

3 years ago
When some students in Edwardsville and Belleville schools head back to class after the winter break on Tuesday, they’ll be doing so virtually and from home. Belleville confirmed with KSDK Monday afternoon that Belleville Township High School District 201 students will move to remote learning Tuesday-Friday of this week. The plan will be reevaluated over the weekend. School district officials said they had to make the change because of too many staffing and teacher absences. Related: Vianney…
Sydney Stallworth, KSDK

Page calls for new mask mandate as Covid-19 cases surge

3 years ago
As we ring in the third year of the coronavirus pandemic, case rates in St. Louis County are hitting record highs. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page announced during his regular Monday coronavirus briefing that the number of cases and the positivity rate was "the worst we've ever been in the pandemic." As the omicron variant surges, the county health department is reporting a seven-day rolling average of 1,696 new cases per day as of Monday. The average positivity rate was 23.2%. "Our health…
Kelsi Anderson, KSDK