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MSDH reports 410 new coronavirus cases, 6 new deaths Thursday
Source: MSDH
Posted: Apr 15, 2021 1:01 PM
Posted By: Zac Carlisle
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported 410 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths Thursday, April 15.
New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 3 p.m. Wednesday. Three deaths occurred between March 29 and April 10 in the counties below:
Desoto 2
Jones 1
Yazoo 1
As of Thursday, April 15, there have been 308,521 total cases of the virus since mid-March 2020, which is when the state reported its first case. There have been 7,127 total deaths.
The state health department estimates there have been 297,362 recoveries.
TUPELO ⢠The Mississippi State Department of Health announced on Thursday that it will close all 81 of its Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food distribution sites throughout the state, which serve around 85,000 Mississippians enrolled in the program, in the months ahead.
Approximately 70 positions will be eliminated as a result of the closures. This comes as WIC clients throughout the nation are being transferred to the use of electronic banking and a debit card for food purchases due to a federal mandate, MSDH said in a statement, Thursday.
The plan was announced in 2019 and was originally planned to start in 2020. Mississippi is one of only a few states that still uses distribution centers and paper vouchers.
WIC food distribution sites closing soon, MSDH announces
The food distribution sites will be permanently closed by late summer and early fall.
Posted: Apr 15, 2021 3:57 PM
Updated: Apr 15, 2021 3:58 PM
Posted By: Zac Carlisle
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - The state health department will close all 81 of its Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food distribution sites in the months ahead.
WIC clients throughout the nation are being transferred to the use of electronic banking and a debit card for food purchases due to a federal mandate, the Mississippi State Department of Health announced Thursday.
The department says the eWIC card will be more convenient for clients, and the list of products has been expanded.