Mississippi - Coronavirus COVID-19

[Boston Corbett]

Mississippi Today
@MSTODAYnews
Mississippi currently has the highest COVID-19 hospitalization rate in the nation, at 31 percent, according to states’ health department data gathered by The COVID Tracking Project.

Mississippi has nation’s highest COVID-19 hospitalization rate (mississippitoday.org)

Mississippi currently has the highest COVID-19 hospitalization rate in the nation, at 31 percent, according to states’ health department data gathered by The COVID Tracking Project.

Based on numbers the state health department released Wednesday, 333 patients have been hospitalized so far and 22 people have died. Since the state started regularly updating hospitalization rates, Mississippi has consistently remained among the top three states of about 40 states consistently reporting hospitalization data. As of Wednesday, Oklahoma and South Carolina rank just behind Mississippi, at 30 and 27 percent, respectively.

Mississippi also has the 14th most hospitalizations in the nation, data show.​

 

[Boston Corbett]

Tate Reeves to issue stay at home order (NY Post)

States still without shelter in place edicts:
Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas
Iowa
Arkansas
Utah
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
South Carolina
Utah
Wyoming
Coronavirus: All the states that have ordered people to shelter in place

 

[swedeheart]

ms. will catch up with louisiana in record time if it hasn't already. Two Mississippi doctors fired after speaking out about coronavirus safety | Mississippi Today

 

[swedeheart]

1,638 cases of coronavirus identified by Miss. Dept. of Health; 43 deaths

The number of cases per county are:

• Adams – 19
• Alcorn - 6
• Amite - 6; 1 death
• Attala – 15
• Benton - 5
• Bolivar – 45; 2 deaths
• Calhoun - 4
• Carroll - 5
• Chickasaw – 15; 2 deaths
• Choctaw - 8; 1 death
• Claibourne - 1
• Clarke - 5
• Clay – 7
• Coahoma – 28; 1 death
• Copiah – 16
• Covington - 6
• DeSoto – 132; 1 death
• Forrest – 42; 1 death
• Franklin – 5
• George – 5
• Grenada – 7
• Hancock – 31; 1 death
• Harrison – 73; 3 deaths
• Hinds – 154
• Holmes – 21; 1 death
• Humphreys – 4; 1 death
• Itawamba – 3
• Jackson – 86; 3 deaths
• Jasper - 3
• Jefferson - 3
• Jones – 11
• Kemper -5
• Lafayette – 22; 1 death
• Lamar – 13
• Lauderdale - 65; 2 deaths
• Lawrence – 4
• Leake – 10
• Lee – 30; 1 death
• Leflore – 22; 1 death
• Lincoln – 16
• Lowndes – 15
• Madison – 72
• Marion – 7
• Marshall – 20; 1 death
• Monroe – 13; 1 death
• Montgomery – 11; 1 death
• Neshoba - 9
• Newton - 7
• Noxubee - 5
• Oktibbeha – 27
• Panola – 17; 1 death
• Pearl River – 49; 1 death
• Perry – 14; 1 death
• Pike – 26
• Pontotoc – 12; 1 death
• Prentiss - 9
• Quitman - 6
• Rankin – 72; 1 death
• Scott – 23
• Sharkey - 3
• Simpson – 5
• Smith – 10
• Sunflower – 19; 1 death
• Tallahatchie – 3
• Tate – 15
• Tippah – 35; 3 deaths
• Tishomingo - 1
• Tunica – 17; 1 death
• Union – 6
• Walthall – 12
• Warren - 5
• Washington – 36
• Wayne - 5
• Webster – 11; 1 death
• Wilkinson – 30; 3 deaths
• Winston – 12
• Yalobusha - 9
• Yazoo – 31; 1 death

Thirty-one percent of those who tested positive have been hospitalized, as of March 31.

 

[Gardener1850]

At least 16 people were killed after tornadoes began ripping through the South on Easter, destroying homes and storefronts and leaving over 1 million people without power from an intense storm system now headed towards the Mid-Atlantic.

Tornadoes and severe weather hit Central Texas early Sunday, bringing “gigantic” hail and damage, and then travelled east through Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas.

In Mississippi, the state's emergency management agency said 11 people died in at least three different counties near the Louisiana border — Walthall, Lawrence and Jefferson Davis — from the weather.

Five more lost their lives in Murray County, Georgia, the fire chief Dewayne Bain told NBC News on Monday morning. The rural county, an hour outside Chattanooga, Tennessee, was hit hard, and four of the five who died were found in a local trailer park. The other fatality was brought to the emergency room before succumbing to injuries, and five more people were injured, Bain said. In Chattanooga, police deployed at least 26 teams of four to six officers to check on residents who requested emergency assistance after the storm.

The governors of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama each declared states of emergency to help recover from the damage caused by the storms.

At least 16 dead as dozens of tornadoes rip through the South

 

[Gardener1850]

Coronavirus-hit Mississippi, Louisiana, pounded by tornadoes, with at least 18 dead in the region

Mississippi and Louisiana – two states dealing with an increase of coronavirus cases – were hit Sunday with a deadly storm system that produced dozens of tornadoes that ripped through hundreds of homes and buildings, resulting in at least 18 deaths reported in the region.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) said severe thunderstorms will barrel now toward the East Coast, with the threat stretching from southeast Georgia through the Carolinas into Virginia through Monday afternoon.

"We've had over 50 reports of tornadoes over parts of the South and the Gulf Coast," Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean said on "Fox & Friends."

"The Storm Prediction Center said this is the area that's going to potentially see the damage, including tornadoes, long-lasting, catastrophic tornadoes and now we are getting reports of many deaths."

TORNADOES STRIKE MULTIPLE STATES AS SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK UNFOLDS ON EASTER IN SOUTH

Besides tornadoes, there were numerous reports of large hail, damaging winds and flash-flooding throughout the region.

Coronavirus-hit Mississippi, Louisiana, pounded by tornadoes, with at least 18 dead in the region

 

[imstilla.grandma]

https://mcusercontent.com/08cb3e52a...-31b46e588c3a/_4.12.20_State_of_Emergency.pdf

Tornadoes | Ready.gov

• Coronavirus (Federal Government Response) (Link)
• Tornado Information Sheet (PDF)
• Tornado Playbook (PDF)
• Prepare Your Organization for a Tornado Playbook (PDF)
• Organizational Tabletop Exercises (PowerPoint)
• Taking Shelter from the Storm: Building a Safe Room Inside Your House (PDF)
• Tornado Protection - Selecting Refuge Areas in Buildings (PDF)
• How to Guides to Protect Your Property or Business from High Winds (PDF)
• American Red Cross (Link)

 

[Gardener1850]

Hurricane season starts June 1. That’s nothing new for those who live along the Gulf Coast, but what is new this year is the fact hurricane season will happen during the coronavirus pandemic. Evelina Burnett of Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Tegan Wendland of WWNO in New Orleans and WBHM’s Andrew Yeager described how officials in their respective states are preparing.

How Shelters May Change

• Mississippi officials estimate shelters may only hold a third of normal capacity because of social distancing.
• Louisiana emergency leaders have discussed checking temperatures and separating those who may show signs of COVID-19
• Another concern is that some volunteers are older and could be at higher risk of complications if they are infected.

Read more: Pandemic Complicates Preparations for Hurricane Season | WBHM 90.3

Discuss 2020 Hurricane Season here: 2020 Hurricane Season Starting Early, "High Activity" Expected This Year

 

[margarita25]

“JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — At least 26 legislators and 10 others who work at Mississippi’s Capitol have tested positive for the coronavirus, a public health official said Wednesday, as the governor implored residents to take precautions amid a rapid rise in confirmed cases statewide.

The 174-member Legislature ended its annual session July 1, and many people in the Capitol did not wear masks or maintain distance between themselves and others during the last few weeks...”

[...]

The number of people infected at the Capitol could actually be higher....”

COVID hits more legislators amid rapid spread in Mississippi

 

[margarita25]

Mississippi lawmakers get coronavirus after refusing to wear masks - CNN
July 10

“If you've been in contact with your state lawmaker in Mississippi, you may want to get a coronavirus test.
About one in six state lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Dr. Thomas Dobbs of the Mississippi Health Department.

For weeks, politicians flouted mask recommendations inside the state Capitol. Twenty-six state legislators have now tested positive for Covid-19, including Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and State House Speaker Philip Gunn. Neither man wore a mask at a bill signing at the governor's mansion last week.“

 

[margarita25]

Mississippi COVID-19 cases

“The number of COVID-19 cases in Mississippi continues to spike with the addition of 1,017 new cases on Saturday.

The new numbers bring the total to 41,846 COVID-19 cases.”

*COVID-19 related deaths: 1,346.

 

[margarita25]

Several individuals test positive for Covid-19 in Mississippi school district barely a week after classes resumed - CNN

 

[margarita25]

High-ranking health official puts Mississippi in spotlight as potential COVID-19 hot spot

 

[margarita25]

Mississippi COVID-19 cases

“The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 51 newly confirmed COVID-19 deaths and 1,245 additional cases on Wednesday.”

 

[margarita25]

In Mississippi, more White people now have gotten Covid-19 than African Americans. Attitudes about masks might help explain why, official says - CNN
Oct.23, 2020

766 new COVID-19 cases, 13 new deaths reported Wednesday in Mississippi
Nov.4, 2020

 

[margarita25]

Mississippi reports huge spike in COVID-19 cases at 1,612; 8 deaths also reported Thursday
Nov. 5, 2020

1,612 new COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths reported Thursday in Mississippi
Not. 5, 2020