Reeves 

With COVID-19 cases on the rise, Gov. Tate Reeves placed a mask mandate on Neshoba County on Tuesday.

He added Neshoba and 18 other counties to the list of counties with additional COVID-19 safety measures. In these 41 counties, which include Lauderdale County, people must wear a mask when they are indoors and interacting with the public, but cannot social distance.

Indoor social gatherings in the counties must be limited to 10 people, and outdoor social gatherings must be limited to 50.

With Thanksgiving near, Reeves asked people to “be safe.”

“Please be smart,” he said during a press conference. “Wear a mask. Please do not take unnecessary risks. Look after your loved ones, and keep them safe as well. ”

Reeves, who had a conference call with federal officials on Monday, said it’s possible that the U.S. will receive up to 22.5 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of December and 15 million doses of the Moderna vaccine by the end of December.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported on Tuesday 665 new cases of COVID-19 in the state and 53 additional deaths, bringing the state’s totals to 144,544 cases and 3,729 deaths.

Thirty-one of the additional deaths occurred between Nov. 13 and 23, including one in Kemper County. Twenty-two of the additional deaths were identified from death certificate reports and occurred between Oct. 15 and Nov. 18, including one in Lauderdale County, one in Kemper County and two in Neshoba County.

MSDH reported on Tuesday seven new cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County, bringing the county’s case total to 3,350. 143 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in the county since March.

MSDH reported no new cases in Newton County, which has had a total of 1,027 cases since March. No new deaths were reported; the county has had 29 COVID-19 related deaths since March.

In Kemper County, one new case was reported; 409 cases have been reported since March. The state has reported 17 COVID-19 related deaths in the county since March.

Clarke County reported three new cases, bringing the case total to 885. No new deaths were reported; the county has had 53 COVID-19 related deaths since March.

In Neshoba County, no new cases were reported; the county’s case total is 2,164. The state has reported 115 COVID-19 related deaths in the county since March.

The Department of Health presumes 121,637 people have recovered from COVID-19. The department also reported that there are 153 ongoing outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities.

On Nov. 16, Mayor Percy Bland extended the City of Meridian’s mask mandate until the end of the year.

case count

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	1365	48	64	14
Alcorn	1439	25	88	12
Amite	512	14	15	2
Attala	1078	33	106	22
Benton	484	17	44	9
Bolivar	2390	83	222	30
Calhoun	716	13	25	4
Carroll	706	14	45	9
Chickasaw	1024	32	48	14
Choctaw	307	7	1	0
Claiborne	574	16	43	9
Clarke	885	53	93	27
Clay	870	27	20	3
Coahoma	1474	43	126	11
Copiah	1589	40	71	9
Covington	1176	36	69	15
De Soto	9632	99	102	20
Forrest	3681	86	176	41
Franklin	323	5	4	1
George	1222	24	47	6
Greene	584	22	40	6
Grenada	1369	45	115	21
Hancock	1141	39	59	10
Harrison	6848	109	323	37
Hinds	9584	195	507	82
Holmes	1249	61	102	20
Humphreys	526	18	33	7
Issaquena	111	4	0	0
Itawamba	1476	34	89	17
Jackson	6124	118	118	15
Jasper	811	22	1	0
Jefferson	338	11	13	3
Jefferson Davis	542	17	9	1
Jones	3452	87	188	38
Kemper	409	17	41	9
Lafayette	3150	49	124	29
Lamar	2818	49	43	12
Lauderdale	3350	143	321	77
Lawrence	702	14	26	2
Leake	1318	43	42	7
Lee	4842	95	196	39
Leflore	2008	90	195	47
Lincoln	1861	65	166	36
Lowndes	2288	63	115	33
Madison	4633	105	286	52
Marion	1110	46	95	15
Marshall	2083	50	58	15
Monroe	1902	77	173	52
Montgomery	719	25	53	9
Neshoba	2164	115	152	41
Newton	1027	29	44	10
Noxubee	692	17	21	4
Oktibbeha	2392	61	193	31
Panola	2117	49	59	10
Pearl River	1444	67	99	23
Perry	652	25	20	7
Pike	1604	58	98	27
Pontotoc	1947	28	19	2
Prentiss	1404	29	88	9
Quitman	479	6	0	0
Rankin	5285	98	212	28
Scott	1502	29	30	3
Sharkey	306	17	43	8
Simpson	1442	53	136	19
Smith	688	16	55	8
Stone	724	14	58	9
Sunflower	1897	55	84	15
Tallahatchie	955	27	29	7
Tate	1642	51	71	18
Tippah	1215	30	61	4
Tishomingo	1061	42	96	26
Tunica	596	19	15	2
Union	1609	25	46	11
Walthall	750	28	67	13
Warren	1722	57	125	26
Washington	3097	107	186	39
Wayne	1158	23	59	10
Webster	420	14	52	11
Wilkinson	386	22	20	5
Winston	1166	24	54	11
Yalobusha	694	27	80	18
Yazoo	1512	39	137	15
Total	144,544	3,729	7,449	1,419