MSDH: Another 238 Mississippians test positive for COVID-19 The Mississippi State Department of Health reported nine new COVID-19-related deaths Saturday. (Source: CDC/Alissa Eckert, MSMI; Dan Higgins, MAMS) By Tim Doherty | April 10, 2021 at 9:55 AM CDT - Updated April 10 at 9:55 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - The latest daily count of new COVID-19 cases in Mississippi came in at less than 250.
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 238 new coronavirus cases and nine new coronavirus-related deaths Saturday.
Two deaths were reported between April 7-9. Another seven deaths were discovered during a review of death certificates between Sept. 30-April 1.
The latest figures brought the state’s total cases and deaths since February 2020 to 307,332 and 7,095, respectively.
Coronavirus in Mississippi: 238 new cases, 9 deaths reported Saturday Gabriela Szymanowska, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 238 new cases of COVID-19 and nine coronavirus-related deaths Saturday.
Since the virus hit the state in March 2020, a total of 307,332 cases and 7,095 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported.
According to a New York Times database Saturday, at least 956 new coronavirus deaths and 81,769 new cases were reported in the U.S. Over the past week, there has been an average of 67,923 cases per day, an increase of 12% from the average two weeks earlier.
243 new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths reported in Miss. Fri. According to MSDH, more than 1.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been given statewide with more than 581,400 people being fully vaccinated. (Source: KCBD Graphic) By Renaldo Hopkins | April 9, 2021 at 9:28 AM CDT - Updated April 9 at 9:28 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - The Mississippi State Department of Health reports the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state has risen to 307,000.
MSDH reported 243 COVID-19 cases and four additional deaths on Friday, bringing the state total to 307,094 cases and 7,086 deaths.
Positive test results may have been made during the past several days and represent individuals who became ill a week ago or more.
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An assisted living employee in Mississippi receives a COVID-19 vaccine from a Walgreens pharmacist in January. As federal and state government officials ramp up vaccination efforts, White people outpace people of color in getting vaccinated.
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CLARKSDALE, Miss. In the early days of the pandemic, Greenwood, Mississippi, native Jackie Hawkins, a long-time rural public policy expert, expected that rural people of color would be hurt at higher rates than their urban and White counterparts.
As the pandemic set in, fear and hesitancy settled into Black communities relatively quickly, she said, because of the lack of information around the coronavirus, and because of years of fraught relationships with health care providers.
While several parts of the United States are seeing spikes in COVID-19 infections, Mississippi s cases and deaths have dropped. With more variants creeping into the state, health officials said Friday cases could rise. There s a lull in cases that we don’t think is going to last forever, State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs said during a regularly scheduled Friday roundtable discussion.
State Epidemiologist Paul Byers announced the Brazil variant had made it to Mississippi. Though, Byers did not specify how many Mississippians tested positive for the variant. Like other COVID-19 variants, it is easier and faster to spread.
Mississippi has around 170 COVID-19 variant cases, Byers said during the discussion. The UK variant makes up the majority. Experts in Britain say the variant may be associated with an increased risk of death compared to other variant viruses, according to a CDC report.