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The Mississippi State Department of Health updates its report weekly.
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The announcement was made Friday at the state health officer.
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The state says Alabama National Guard troops will begin work later this month administering doses in at least 24 rural counties.
The Centers for Disease Control says fully vaccinated people can socialize with each other and other low risk groups, but should continue wearing masks in public. NBC's Tracie Potts reports.
State health leaders update the public on where the state stands one year after the first case of the coronavirus surfaced in Mississippi.
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Patrons in Columbus must continue to wear masks when inside businesses.
Gov. Tate Reeves made the announcement Thursday morning.
Updated - The public is to wear face coverings when in public and in close contact with other individuals.
Mississippi State University announced the decision to keep all of its coronavirus guidelines in place through the semester.
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President Biden criticized states such as Texas and Mississippi for lifting Covid-19 restrictions, saying that we are on the cusp of being able to change the nature of the disease and that "the last thing we need is Neanderthal thinking."
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Data is updated nightly.
County | Cases | Deaths |
---|---|---|
DeSoto | 20757 | 248 |
Hinds | 19869 | 408 |
Harrison | 17475 | 302 |
Rankin | 13307 | 275 |
Jackson | 13095 | 243 |
Madison | 9886 | 210 |
Lee | 9854 | 169 |
Jones | 8289 | 160 |
Forrest | 7522 | 146 |
Lauderdale | 7185 | 237 |
Lowndes | 6261 | 144 |
Lamar | 6102 | 84 |
Lafayette | 6026 | 117 |
Washington | 5279 | 132 |
Bolivar | 4769 | 129 |
Oktibbeha | 4552 | 97 |
Panola | 4440 | 103 |
Pearl River | 4418 | 139 |
Warren | 4277 | 118 |
Marshall | 4267 | 100 |
Pontotoc | 4164 | 72 |
Monroe | 4056 | 132 |
Union | 4035 | 75 |
Neshoba | 3984 | 176 |
Lincoln | 3869 | 107 |
Hancock | 3719 | 85 |
Leflore | 3468 | 124 |
Sunflower | 3293 | 89 |
Tate | 3226 | 81 |
Pike | 3177 | 104 |
Scott | 3104 | 72 |
Yazoo | 3042 | 68 |
Alcorn | 2976 | 64 |
Itawamba | 2967 | 76 |
Copiah | 2929 | 65 |
Coahoma | 2896 | 77 |
Simpson | 2874 | 84 |
Tippah | 2846 | 68 |
Prentiss | 2756 | 59 |
Marion | 2656 | 79 |
Wayne | 2613 | 41 |
Leake | 2609 | 73 |
Grenada | 2548 | 82 |
Covington | 2543 | 80 |
Adams | 2458 | 82 |
Newton | 2448 | 59 |
George | 2376 | 47 |
Winston | 2259 | 81 |
Tishomingo | 2220 | 67 |
Jasper | 2197 | 48 |
Attala | 2132 | 73 |
Chickasaw | 2048 | 57 |
Holmes | 1864 | 71 |
Clay | 1823 | 54 |
Stone | 1791 | 31 |
Clarke | 1766 | 76 |
Tallahatchie | 1752 | 40 |
Calhoun | 1631 | 30 |
Yalobusha | 1586 | 36 |
Smith | 1585 | 34 |
Walthall | 1305 | 43 |
Greene | 1294 | 33 |
Lawrence | 1262 | 23 |
Noxubee | 1258 | 33 |
Montgomery | 1255 | 42 |
Perry | 1251 | 38 |
Carroll | 1208 | 26 |
Amite | 1199 | 41 |
Webster | 1134 | 32 |
Jefferson Davis | 1053 | 32 |
Tunica | 1025 | 25 |
Claiborne | 1013 | 30 |
Benton | 972 | 25 |
Kemper | 951 | 26 |
Humphreys | 943 | 32 |
Franklin | 817 | 23 |
Quitman | 789 | 16 |
Choctaw | 728 | 17 |
Jefferson | 648 | 28 |
Wilkinson | 647 | 27 |
Sharkey | 496 | 17 |
Issaquena | 168 | 6 |
Unassigned | 0 | 0 |
County | Cases | Deaths |
---|---|---|
Jefferson | 75335 | 1487 |
Mobile | 37698 | 798 |
Madison | 33829 | 494 |
Tuscaloosa | 25245 | 443 |
Montgomery | 23942 | 565 |
Shelby | 23094 | 238 |
Baldwin | 20617 | 300 |
Lee | 15510 | 165 |
Calhoun | 14277 | 311 |
Morgan | 14137 | 268 |
Etowah | 13660 | 345 |
Marshall | 11952 | 219 |
Houston | 10379 | 278 |
Elmore | 9988 | 200 |
Limestone | 9806 | 147 |
Cullman | 9467 | 188 |
St. Clair | 9422 | 234 |
Lauderdale | 9208 | 227 |
DeKalb | 8745 | 181 |
Talladega | 8042 | 171 |
Walker | 7087 | 275 |
Jackson | 6753 | 110 |
Autauga | 6715 | 103 |
Blount | 6480 | 135 |
Colbert | 6200 | 130 |
Coffee | 5397 | 112 |
Dale | 4766 | 110 |
Russell | 4282 | 38 |
Franklin | 4198 | 82 |
Chilton | 4080 | 109 |
Covington | 4053 | 114 |
Tallapoosa | 3892 | 146 |
Escambia | 3875 | 74 |
Dallas | 3526 | 149 |
Chambers | 3499 | 122 |
Clarke | 3463 | 60 |
Marion | 3065 | 100 |
Pike | 3054 | 75 |
Lawrence | 2952 | 95 |
Winston | 2722 | 72 |
Bibb | 2562 | 58 |
Marengo | 2485 | 61 |
Geneva | 2458 | 75 |
Pickens | 2329 | 59 |
Barbour | 2247 | 55 |
Hale | 2186 | 75 |
Butler | 2122 | 66 |
Fayette | 2089 | 60 |
Henry | 1878 | 44 |
Cherokee | 1820 | 44 |
Randolph | 1767 | 41 |
Monroe | 1712 | 40 |
Washington | 1638 | 38 |
Macon | 1543 | 48 |
Clay | 1493 | 54 |
Crenshaw | 1492 | 57 |
Cleburne | 1460 | 41 |
Lamar | 1392 | 34 |
Lowndes | 1364 | 53 |
Wilcox | 1243 | 27 |
Bullock | 1213 | 40 |
Conecuh | 1090 | 28 |
Perry | 1079 | 26 |
Sumter | 1029 | 32 |
Coosa | 992 | 28 |
Greene | 907 | 34 |
Choctaw | 586 | 24 |
Out of AL | 0 | 0 |
Unassigned | 0 | 0 |