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Bernie Sanders’ campaign cancels Jackson visit

Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders will not visit Mississippi on Friday, his campaign announced Thursday afternoon.

Posted: Mar 5, 2020 1:51 PM

Updated: Mar 5, 2020 4:34 PM

Posted By: Zac Carlisle

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders will not visit Mississippi on Friday.

Sanders, a Democrat from Vermont, was scheduled to visit the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson.

Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont

He will instead travel to Michigan, his campaign announced Thursday afternoon. Michigan has the largest number of delegates available among the six states holding presidential contests this coming Tuesday.

According to a campaign news release, Sanders’ campaign will continue to campaign in Mississippi and is sending campaign staff members and surrogates to represent the senator ahead of Mississippi’s primary election on March 10.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is scheduled to attend a service at a Jackson church Sunday morning.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 145636

Reported Deaths: 3745

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	9632	99
Hinds	9584	195
Harrison	6848	109
Jackson	6124	118
Rankin	5285	98
Lee	4842	95
Madison	4633	105
Forrest	3681	86
Jones	3452	87
Lauderdale	3350	143
Lafayette	3150	49
Washington	3097	107
Lamar	2818	49
Oktibbeha	2392	61
Bolivar	2390	83
Lowndes	2288	63
Neshoba	2164	115
Panola	2117	49
Marshall	2083	50
Leflore	2008	90
Pontotoc	1947	28
Monroe	1902	77
Sunflower	1897	55
Lincoln	1861	65
Warren	1722	57
Tate	1642	51
Union	1609	25
Pike	1604	58
Copiah	1589	40
Yazoo	1512	39
Scott	1502	29
Itawamba	1476	34
Coahoma	1474	43
Pearl River	1444	67
Simpson	1442	53
Alcorn	1439	25
Prentiss	1404	29
Grenada	1369	45
Adams	1365	48
Leake	1318	43
Holmes	1249	61
George	1222	24
Tippah	1215	30
Covington	1176	36
Winston	1166	24
Wayne	1158	23
Hancock	1141	39
Marion	1110	46
Attala	1078	33
Tishomingo	1061	42
Newton	1027	29
Chickasaw	1024	32
Tallahatchie	955	27
Clarke	885	53
Clay	870	27
Jasper	811	22
Walthall	750	28
Stone	724	14
Montgomery	719	25
Calhoun	716	13
Carroll	706	14
Lawrence	702	14
Yalobusha	694	27
Noxubee	692	17
Smith	688	16
Perry	652	25
Tunica	596	19
Greene	584	22
Claiborne	574	16
Jefferson Davis	542	17
Humphreys	526	18
Amite	512	14
Benton	484	17
Quitman	479	6
Webster	420	14
Kemper	409	17
Wilkinson	386	22
Jefferson	338	11
Franklin	323	5
Choctaw	307	7
Sharkey	306	17
Issaquena	111	4
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 236865

Reported Deaths: 3472

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	31043	491
Mobile	19446	360
Tuscaloosa	12684	150
Madison	12528	146
Montgomery	12122	235
Shelby	9922	76
Baldwin	8376	84
Lee	7597	65
Morgan	6262	47
Calhoun	6049	113
Etowah	6005	64
Marshall	5961	53
Houston	5108	38
DeKalb	4696	35
Cullman	4211	36
Limestone	4088	44
St. Clair	4039	55
Elmore	3989	61
Lauderdale	3872	53
Walker	3561	99
Talladega	3390	44
Jackson	3025	24
Colbert	2976	41
Blount	2822	36
Autauga	2661	39
Franklin	2462	33
Coffee	2366	15
Dale	2284	54
Dallas	2223	31
Russell	2192	3
Chilton	2185	37
Covington	2159	33
Escambia	1969	31
Tallapoosa	1717	90
Chambers	1714	48
Pike	1560	14
Clarke	1553	19
Marion	1355	35
Winston	1266	23
Lawrence	1239	36
Geneva	1184	8
Pickens	1176	18
Marengo	1174	24
Barbour	1167	10
Bibb	1157	17
Butler	1143	41
Randolph	1003	21
Cherokee	996	24
Hale	932	31
Washington	899	18
Clay	896	23
Fayette	862	16
Henry	843	6
Lowndes	789	29
Monroe	779	11
Cleburne	756	14
Macon	717	20
Crenshaw	703	30
Bullock	690	19
Conecuh	682	14
Perry	672	6
Lamar	633	7
Wilcox	628	18
Sumter	562	22
Choctaw	418	13
Greene	413	17
Coosa	314	4
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0