Jackson Councilman Suggests Buying Masks for ResidentsDays after the city of Jackson passed a new rule requiring people to wear masks in public, City Councilman Kenneth Stokes is proposing the city purchase 100,000 masks to distribute to residents.
Mississippi House Speaker Tests Positive for CoronavirusHouse Speaker Philip Gunn said Sunday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus as state health officials reported more than 200 new infections and five deaths linked to the pandemic.
July 4th: COVID-19 Cases Top 30,000, Average at Record 683 Per DayThe total number of COVID-19 cases in Mississippi passed 30,000 on Friday, with that day's total at a near-record 990 of reported newly infected Mississippians. Four people died from complications related to the virus yesterday.
COVID-19 Cases Near Record Day at 914, Hospitalized Patients Remains HighThe Mississippi State Department of Health reported that 914 new people tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, the second-highest day since MSDH began reporting numbers in April. More than 1,100 Mississippians have died from COVID-19-related illnesses in that same time …
Mississippi Mayor: ANTIFA Not Coming, COVID-19 Not a HoaxIn the Mississippi city where Elvis Presley was born, the mayor announced last week that masks would be required in public buildings and businesses starting Monday because of the COVID-19 pandemic—and he used the opportunity to debunk an array of …
Lumumba Threatens To Shut Down Businesses If COVID-19 Infection Rate SpikesMayor Chokwe A. Lumumba is expressing frustration at people not following social-distancing guidelines to counter the spread of COVID-19, saying he may need to tighten restrictions he earlier loosened if the rate of infection and hospitalization spikes.
BREAKING: Mississippi Adds 1,092 New COVID-19 Cases In Single DayThe day after State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs warned of a looming catastrophe facing Mississippi in the fall, the state’s hospitals reported the highest incidence of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 hospitalizations since the virus first arrived in Mississippi: 767.