MSDH reports low vaccination rate in Lee County
A patient receiving the coronavirus vaccine.
Lee County is one of the largest counties in Mississippi, but less than 20% of people are fully vaccinated.
Posted: Apr 5, 2021 9:27 PM
Updated: Apr 5, 2021 9:43 PM
Posted By: Brianna Bynum
LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WTVA) - Lee County is one of the largest counties in Mississippi, but less than 20% of people are fully vaccinated. People in Lee County have a variety of opinions on why that is. Most of my family has been vaccinated and I m thinking about it since I work at a medical center, I m strongly thinking about it, said Lee County resident Cynthia Thompson.
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Texas, Mississippi See Lowest COVID Cases in Almost a Year 1 Month After Lifting Mask Mandate
On 4/6/21 at 5:02 PM EDT
Despite concerns about lifting mask mandates, Texas and Mississippi haven t seen massive spikes in coronavirus cases, and both states reported new case numbers not seen since last year.
Texas and Mississippi lifted their mask mandates on March 2, much to the dismay of federal public health officials and President Joe Biden, who said they worried it would counteract the progress of vaccination efforts. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, still isn t sold on Texas success, but a month after restrictions lifted, cases have remained under control.
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 183 new cases of COVID-19 and 18 coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday.
Since the virus hit the state in March 2020, a total of 306,341 cases and 7,073 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported.
According to a New York Times database Tuesday, at least 530 new coronavirus deaths and 76,594 new cases were reported in the U.S. Over the past week, there has been an average of 64,851 cases per day, an increase of 20% from the average two weeks earlier.
There were 17 outbreaks at Mississippi nursing homes as of Tuesday. There have been 10,438 cases of the coronavirus in long-term care facilities and 1,972 deaths reported as of Monday, the latest figures available.
By Will Stribling
Apr 6, 2021 12:25 PM
As Mississippi’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccines began to ramp up in early 2021, a troubling truth was revealed about the shots being put into people’s arms across the state: Black Mississippians weren’t getting their fair share.
Two months after the first doses were administered in the state, Black Mississippians had received just 19% of the total vaccines given, despite making up 38% of the state’s population. After bearing the brunt of cases and deaths early in the pandemic, Black Mississippians were being shorted on the road to recovery.
A few months later, the picture is quite different. Mississippi is much closer to vaccine parity, with 31% of total shots going to Black residents. For the past four weeks, Black Mississippians’ share of the doses administered has been equal to or higher than their share of the population.