State human services chief resigning

DHS executive director Christopher Freeze in a picture from the agency website on January 1, 2020

The executive director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services will resign from his job later this month.

Posted: Jan 1, 2020 3:18 PM

Updated: Jan 1, 2020 3:19 PM

Posted By: Craig Ford

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) — The executive director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services will resign from his job later this month.

Christopher Freeze made the announcement Wednesday in a news release from the agency that oversees food stamps and investigates child and elder abuse.

Freeze has not held the job very long. Governor Phil Bryant appointed him to the position on August 1 of last year after serving as special agent in charge of the FBI in Mississippi.

He took over for John Davis, who retired.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 319704

Reported Deaths: 7369

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	22276	267
Hinds	20677	421
Harrison	18407	317
Rankin	13880	282
Jackson	13689	248
Madison	10249	224
Lee	10056	176
Jones	8464	167
Forrest	7827	153
Lauderdale	7260	242
Lowndes	6509	150
Lamar	6348	88
Lafayette	6310	121
Washington	5420	137
Bolivar	4837	133
Panola	4669	110
Oktibbeha	4660	98
Pearl River	4604	147
Marshall	4573	105
Warren	4440	121
Pontotoc	4253	73
Union	4157	77
Monroe	4155	135
Neshoba	4061	179
Lincoln	4008	112
Hancock	3866	87
Leflore	3515	125
Tate	3424	86
Sunflower	3394	91
Pike	3369	111
Alcorn	3259	72
Scott	3201	74
Yazoo	3141	71
Adams	3074	86
Itawamba	3051	78
Copiah	2999	66
Coahoma	2987	84
Simpson	2981	89
Tippah	2919	68
Prentiss	2838	61
Leake	2719	74
Marion	2712	80
Covington	2672	83
Wayne	2644	42
Grenada	2640	87
George	2520	51
Newton	2486	63
Tishomingo	2315	68
Winston	2299	81
Jasper	2221	48
Attala	2150	73
Chickasaw	2105	59
Holmes	1903	74
Clay	1878	54
Stone	1878	33
Tallahatchie	1800	41
Clarke	1789	80
Calhoun	1741	32
Yalobusha	1678	40
Smith	1640	34
Walthall	1353	47
Greene	1318	33
Lawrence	1310	24
Montgomery	1286	43
Noxubee	1280	34
Perry	1271	38
Amite	1263	42
Carroll	1223	30
Webster	1150	32
Jefferson Davis	1080	33
Tunica	1080	27
Claiborne	1031	30
Benton	1023	25
Humphreys	975	33
Kemper	966	29
Franklin	850	23
Quitman	822	16
Choctaw	791	18
Wilkinson	695	32
Jefferson	662	28
Sharkey	509	17
Issaquena	169	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 548323

Reported Deaths: 11288

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	80953	1565
Mobile	42066	826
Madison	35663	525
Tuscaloosa	26162	458
Shelby	25595	254
Montgomery	25081	612
Baldwin	21839	313
Lee	16265	176
Calhoun	14718	325
Morgan	14626	285
Etowah	14171	363
Marshall	12449	230
Houston	10764	288
Elmore	10295	213
Limestone	10182	157
St. Clair	10160	251
Cullman	9941	201
Lauderdale	9596	249
DeKalb	8967	189
Talladega	8458	184
Walker	7335	280
Autauga	7230	113
Blount	6944	139
Jackson	6922	113
Colbert	6414	140
Coffee	5627	127
Dale	4929	114
Russell	4549	41
Chilton	4472	116
Franklin	4310	83
Covington	4273	122
Tallapoosa	4136	155
Escambia	4017	80
Chambers	3726	124
Dallas	3607	156
Clarke	3529	61
Marion	3242	106
Pike	3140	78
Lawrence	3129	100
Winston	2835	72
Bibb	2684	64
Geneva	2575	81
Marengo	2506	65
Pickens	2368	62
Barbour	2346	59
Hale	2268	78
Butler	2240	71
Fayette	2181	62
Henry	1938	43
Cherokee	1872	45
Randolph	1870	44
Monroe	1793	41
Washington	1704	39
Macon	1629	51
Clay	1601	59
Crenshaw	1556	57
Cleburne	1532	44
Lamar	1465	37
Lowndes	1420	54
Wilcox	1270	30
Bullock	1242	42
Conecuh	1134	30
Coosa	1114	29
Perry	1086	26
Sumter	1057	32
Greene	935	34
Choctaw	620	25
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0

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