'Too startling to ignore': St. Louis County sees rise in Covid cases

“The numbers are too startling to ignore,” is how St. Louis County Executive Sam Page started his Covid-19 briefing Monday. The rate of cases is rising quickly in the county, going up 63% over the last two weeks, he said. “And we’re not expecting a slowdown anytime soon,” he added. Page asked residents to get vaccinated – if they haven’t already – as the delta variant continues to surge in Missouri. Hospitals are becoming overwhelmed with new cases in the southwest part of the…