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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) announced he will extend Mississippi’s State of Emergency for 30 more days. In a statement issued on Thursday, Gov. Reeves said the extension will ease the process of marshalling additional resources, allow the system of care to continue to transfer patients to hospitals where treatment is available, […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) addressed the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases in the state. This comes after the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported more than 3,000 new coronavirus cases in the state on Wednesday. The governor said his team is “not panicking,” and they will make decisions based on […]

JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) – As the COVID-19 delta variant has given Mississippi the third highest infection rate in the nation, and the state’s hospitals remain completely overwhelmed with patients, there is at least one bright spot: The state’s vaccination rate has shot up for four straight weeks, increasing 107% over the past month. Though […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Friday, the Mississippi State Medical Association called on all school districts in the state to mandate masks in order to stop the spread of COVID-19. This latest surge, fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant, is running roughshod through communities, causing COVID-19 cases to rise to levels we haven’t seen […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi’s top health official said the delta coronavirus variant is “sweeping across Mississippi like a tsunami” as the state reported more than 3,000 new cases of the highly transmittable virus in a single day Thursday. “If we look at our trajectory, we see that it’s continuing to increase without any real […]

Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said senators will hold hearings on health care, and “everything is on the table.”

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — COVID cases are spiking in Mississippi and Wednesday, the state’s top health officials suggested students may need to wear masks when school resumes next month. But most of the state’s school districts, including DeSoto County Schools, have made masks optional.  The district doesn’t appear to have any plans to revise its mask […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Another child in Mississippi has died of complications related to the coronavirus, marking the fourth pediatric death since the start of the pandemic, health officials said Wednesday. The death occurred in a teenager who had a common underlying health condition, State Health Officer Dr. Dobbs said. The Department of Health would […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Leaders with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) held a news conference on Wednesday, July 28 to provide an update on COVID-19 in the state. This comes as cases are rapidly increasing in Mississippi due to the Delta variant. Due to a strain at hospitals, the new measures taking effect […]

Mississippi health officials say the state is seeing its highest number of new COVID-19 cases in months as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread.

JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) – The state’s teachers union is calling on Gov. Tate Reeves to mandate masks in schools in the fall. The Mississippi Association of Educators cited the recent spike in COVID-19 cases, the state’s low vaccination rate and reports of children with the virus in the intensive care unit in a letter to Reeves on Monday. […]