Efforts to reach a carnival organizer were not successful Sunday. Miranda Avant-Elliott, a Bellefontaine Neighbors alderman, emailed the Post-Dispatch a document showing the city had issued a special permit dated Thursday to the carnival to operate. She said it was issued without the approval of the Board of Aldermen.
Proudie also said in a tweet that videos of fist fights and shots fired at the carnival were circulating on social media, and that many attendees were not wearing masks or social distancing.
Moline Acres police Sgt. Gary Spencer said Sunday the department had received several calls on the previous night from the carnival, but didn’t have details. Bellefontaine Neighbors police reported no calls to the location. Moline Acres’ jurisdiction covers a front parking lot, while Bellefontaine Neighbors police handle the rest of the mall.
Hospital admissions decrease
The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force on Sunday said new COVID-19 hospital admissions, with data lagged two days, decreased from 29 on Saturday to 26. The seven-day rolling average of hospital admissions, also with the data lag, also dropped from 39 yesterday to 36; the seven-day rolling average of hospitalizations also went down, from 299 to 293.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients decreased from 274 on Saturday to 267 on Sunday, as did suspected cases, which went from 100 to 72.