Mississippi Delta Variant Surge Hits Children: 7 In Hospital, 2 Of Them On Life Support
07/14/21 AT 12:45 AM The COVID-19 Delta variant is spreading across Mississippi, hospitalizing seven children in the state and causing two of the kids to be ventilated. Photo: AFP / JAVIER TORRES
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Pediatric hospital admissions are on the rise in Mississippi as the state suffers from the more transmissible Delta COVID-19 variant
Two children are on life support, while five others are also in the ICU
Gov. Tate Reeves has yet to issue a mandate requiring mask-wearing in schools this fall
Seven children are in hospital in Mississippi after contracting COVID-19, with two of them on life support, as the state is hit by a surge of coronavirus cases driven by the aggressive Delta variant of the virus.
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