Another day, another record-setting rise in new COVID-19 cases in Mississippi.�
This morning�s report from the Mississippi State Department of Health includes 5,023 new cases�the third time this week that a new single-day record has been recorded. 381,147 cases of COVID-19 has been confirmed throughout the pandemic, and with the confirmation of *31 additional deaths, 7,761 Mississippians have passed away from the virus.�
*MSDH Note: Nineteen deaths occurred between June 1 and August 8, identified from death certificate reports.
Thursday, Mississippi reached new peaks in terms of hospitalizations and patients in the ICU and on ventilators.�
Governor Tate Reeves will address the state later today for the first time since the explosion of new cases across the state. He did extend the �State of Emergency� order which was set to expire on the 15th. The order has been extended for 30 days and does not include any lockdowns or mandates despite continued calls for a statewide mask mandate in schools.�
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