ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in St. Louis County in 2020, behind heart disease and cancer, according to a report by the county Department of Public Health.
The pandemic killed 1,310 county residents last year, accounting for 11% of the county's total 11,958 deaths.
In fact, COVID-19 was the seventh-leading cause of death in the county over the last five years, according to the report, which analyzed state and county death records since 2016.
