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Chief of Mississippi's largest hospital urges Gov. Reeves to re-issue statewide mask mandate


 

Dr. LouAnn Woodward, who leads the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the state’s only academic health center and largest hospital, directly called on Monday for Gov. Tate Reeves to re-issue a statewide mask mandate.

Reeves became the first governor in America to rescind a statewide mask mandate on Sept. 30, and COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have steadily climbed since that date.

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'Keep Thanksgiving small': COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations near records as holidays approach

Health officials are urging Mississippians to limit Thanksgiving gatherings as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations near record numbers ahead of the busy holiday.

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Mississippi Today team searchers for higher education reporter


If you are a journalist with a deep curiosity about how the higher education system really works in Mississippi — from the sociological factors that influence a student’s decision on whether or not to enroll, to the political influence of the Institutions for Higher Learning (IHL) governance of our state’s colleges and universities — you might be the reporter Mississippi Today seeks to create a new state higher education beat.  

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Health experts say they are worried that the start of basketball season in Mississippi will compound the state’s COVID-19 infection rates.

Several high school and college teams in the state have already seen major outbreaks.

Cases as of Monday, Nov. 23

New cases: 699 | New Deaths: 0
Mask Mandate: A total of 22 counties are under a mask mandate. The counties are Benton, Carroll, Covington, DeSoto, Forrest, Harrison, Hinds, Humphreys, Itawamba, Jackson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Leflore, Lee, Madison, Marshall, Montgomery, Pontotoc, Rankin, Tate, Winston and Yalobusha.

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