MSDH: Another 927 Mississippians added to daily COVID-19 count Coronavirus cases in Pine Belt since March rise to more than 27,600. (Source: CDC) By Tim Doherty | January 25, 2021 at 9:47 AM CST - Updated January 25 at 9:47 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - The Mississippi State Department of Health reported the daily COVID-19 case count in the state had risen by more than 900.
MSDH reported 927 new COVID-19 cases and five additional deaths Monday.
All five new deaths were reported between Jan. 17-Jan 24.
The latest figures brought the state’s total cases and deaths since March to 265,146 and 5,777.
Positive test results may have been made during the past several days and represent individuals who became ill a week ago or more.
With no supply increase yet, here s the plan for COVID vaccinations in Mississippi Anita Lee, The Sun Herald
Jan. 21 At the current rate, it would take almost nine months to vaccinate Mississippians now eligible to receive COVID-19 shots, with the majority receiving their doses at Mississippi State Department of Health drive-thru clinics.
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said MSDH is currently receiving 37,000 first doses per week of COVID-19 vaccines. He and other state health officers have not been briefed yet on President Joe Biden s plans to ramp up vaccine production, Dobbs said in a media briefing Thursday.
Although Mississippi is using all the doses it receives, Dobbs said he wanted to temper expectations about any increase in Mississippi s vaccine allocation.
Jan. 15 Compared to other states, Mississippi is still near the bottom of the pack in terms of how many residents have received COVID-19 vaccines "shots in the arm," as Gov. Tate Reeves likes to say. But that's about to change, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency director Greg Michel told the Sun Herald on Thursday evening. He said capacity to book appointments for COVID-19 will increase .
Health experts say just because you have received one of the COVID-19 vaccines, doesn’t mean you can take your mask off. It will be months before enough people have received a vaccine that we can begin to relax the precautions the CDC advises.