New coronavirus patients in St. Louis area hospitals continues downward trend

The number of new COVID-19 patients being admitted to St. Louis area hospitals continued a downward trend Thursday. The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force reported 20 new coronavirus patients were checked into task force hospitals on Tuesday (the data is delayed by two days), which was a decrease of 31 patients from the day before. The seven-day moving average of new hospital admissions also decreased. It had been holding at an average…