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: 500286

Reported Deaths: 9968

County	Cases	Deaths
Harrison	34281	537
DeSoto	32039	402
Hinds	31911	626
Jackson	24466	379
Rankin	21971	390
Lee	15501	235
Madison	14566	279
Jones	13825	242
Forrest	13438	250
Lauderdale	11984	316
Lowndes	11003	188
Lamar	10510	135
Pearl River	9494	237
Lafayette	8542	139
Hancock	7727	126
Washington	7418	157
Oktibbeha	7139	131
Monroe	6765	176
Warren	6679	176
Pontotoc	6655	102
Neshoba	6625	206
Panola	6511	131
Marshall	6460	134
Bolivar	6302	148
Union	6012	94
Pike	5815	152
Alcorn	5662	101
Lincoln	5431	134
George	4965	79
Scott	4721	98
Tippah	4683	81
Prentiss	4665	81
Leflore	4654	144
Itawamba	4628	105
Adams	4584	119
Tate	4579	109
Copiah	4477	92
Simpson	4440	116
Yazoo	4436	87
Wayne	4391	72
Covington	4286	94
Sunflower	4235	105
Marion	4225	107
Coahoma	4154	104
Leake	4080	88
Newton	3816	79
Grenada	3703	108
Stone	3597	64
Tishomingo	3594	92
Attala	3310	89
Jasper	3295	65
Winston	3140	91
Clay	3076	76
Chickasaw	2994	67
Clarke	2921	94
Calhoun	2789	45
Holmes	2678	87
Smith	2633	50
Yalobusha	2333	47
Tallahatchie	2268	51
Walthall	2187	63
Greene	2182	48
Lawrence	2124	40
Perry	2052	56
Amite	2047	55
Webster	2026	46
Noxubee	1864	40
Montgomery	1794	56
Jefferson Davis	1714	42
Carroll	1687	38
Tunica	1594	39
Benton	1484	38
Kemper	1419	41
Choctaw	1333	26
Claiborne	1322	37
Humphreys	1292	38
Franklin	1194	28
Quitman	1064	28
Wilkinson	1048	39
Jefferson	944	34
Sharkey	640	20
Issaquena	193	7
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 815989

Reported Deaths: 15311

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	114462	1915
Mobile	72396	1330
Madison	52114	694
Shelby	37488	348
Baldwin	37167	547
Tuscaloosa	35013	606
Montgomery	34031	734
Lee	23177	245
Calhoun	22190	476
Morgan	20719	376
Etowah	19774	497
Marshall	18277	302
Houston	17333	411
St. Clair	15967	339
Cullman	15365	292
Limestone	15270	198
Elmore	15126	284
Lauderdale	14205	294
Talladega	13783	276
DeKalb	12598	260
Walker	11142	369
Blount	10132	175
Autauga	9910	146
Jackson	9819	182
Coffee	9190	191
Dale	8874	185
Colbert	8803	201
Tallapoosa	7063	198
Escambia	6755	130
Covington	6695	184
Chilton	6608	161
Russell	6266	59
Franklin	5947	105
Chambers	5563	142
Marion	4966	126
Dallas	4902	200
Clarke	4740	83
Pike	4722	105
Geneva	4567	126
Winston	4493	103
Lawrence	4286	117
Bibb	4236	86
Barbour	3565	76
Marengo	3374	89
Monroe	3308	63
Randolph	3282	63
Butler	3253	96
Pickens	3141	82
Henry	3118	65
Hale	3106	88
Cherokee	3016	60
Fayette	2913	79
Washington	2511	51
Cleburne	2471	60
Crenshaw	2440	75
Clay	2412	68
Macon	2317	63
Lamar	2195	47
Conecuh	1857	53
Coosa	1794	39
Lowndes	1744	64
Wilcox	1678	39
Bullock	1516	44
Perry	1384	40
Sumter	1320	38
Greene	1262	44
Choctaw	878	27
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0

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More high pressure will move back into our area overnight and into our Friday. This high pressure will bring back into our area some more dry and seasonable weather for a few days.