All Coronavirus Deaths In The City Of St. Louis Have Been African Americans So Far

Dr. Fredrick Echols, Director of the St. Louis Department of Health, has con­firmed that as of April 8^th, all 12 COVID-19 deaths in the city of St. Louis, Missouri were African Americans. This is the first major city in the United States to report such a statistic.

The infor­ma­tion was revealed in an exclu­sive op-ed he wrote pub­lished by the St. Louis American. Dr. Echols, who is a med­ical doc­tor and just 37-years old, wrote: “Many of the pre-exist­ing con­di­tions that make the coro­n­avirus more dan­ger­ous for some peo­ple — like heart con­di­tions and dia­betes — dis­pro­por­tion­ate­ly affect the Black com­mu­ni­ty. This is why every­one in the City of St. Louis — espe­cial­ly African Americans — must take pre­cau­tions against spread­ing this disease.”

In his op-ed, he also con­firmed that the city has two appoint­ment-only COVID-19 test­ing sites – one in North St. Louis, at 2425 N. Whittier Strett and the oth­er at the 5471 Dr. Martin Luther King Dr. loca­tion. The city also has a mobile test­ing site at 1717 Biddle Street, but patients must call first to reg­is­ter before arriving.

Both Dr. Echols and the city’s top offi­cial, Mayor Lyda Krewson, addressed the city via a Facebook Live ses­sion, and it was revealed that the city will more than like­ly have to extend its stay-at-home order into the month of May.

Meanwhile, St. Louis Public Schools are offer­ing to-go meals for chil­dren who are out of school, and both the city and coun­ty have issued strict orders to halt evic­tions for the time being.

Up-to-date infor­ma­tion is being pub­lished dai­ly at the offi­cial web site. for the city’s Department of Health.(bn.com)