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Healthcare workers stress the importance of still wearing face masks during pandemic Healthcare workers stress the importance of still wearing face masks during pandemic By John Fitzhugh and Yolanda Cruz | March 2, 2021 at 9:20 PM CST - Updated March 3 at 7:23 AM GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Despite dropping the statewide mask mandate, Gov. Tate Reeves is still urging people to listen to their health advisers on how to avoid COVID-19. In recent interviews conducted before Reeves’ latest executive order, registered nurses from Memorial Hospital at Gulfport were consistent with one message...

COVID-19 patient numbers reach a new low at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport COVID-19 patient numbers reach a new low at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport By John Fitzhugh | March 1, 2021 at 5:55 PM CST - Updated March 1 at 7:31 PM GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - An empty COVID-19 ICU bed at the Memorial Hospital at Gulfport is a rare sight. On Monday, there were eight of them. The hospital has the lowest COVID-19 patient count since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. “It almost feels surreal,” said ICU manager Whitney Sutton. “We’re used to this unit being full and today we only have thre...