People 75 years and older and health care workers can now schedule an appointment to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at medical clinics in several East Mississippi counties.

EC HealthNet Family Health Center in Meridian, Family Medical Center Group of Union and The Medical Group of Quitman are now scheduling vaccinations appointments and will start vaccinating residents on Tuesday, according to Rush Health Systems. Local residents must make an appointment to be vaccinated. 

The Mississippi State Department of Health also released a list of hospitals and health clinics in Mississippi that have signed up to be vaccination providers. Neshoba General in Philadelphia was one of the providers on the list. Residents can visit msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/12232.pdf to find the phone numbers of the providers. 

People can also be vaccinated at one of Mississippi’s drive-thru vaccination sites. Those interested in being vaccinated at one of these sites should visit covidvaccine.umc.edu or call (877) 978-6453 to make an appointment.

People 75 years or older, health care workers and nursing home staff can use these drive-thru vaccination sites.

Mississippi reported on Monday 1,227 new cases of the coronavirus and 19 COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the state’s totals to 240,309 cases and 5,186 deaths.

MSDH reported 20 new COVID-19 cases in Lauderdale County, leading to a total of 5,510 cases since March. The county reported no additional deaths; 174 deaths have been reported in the county since March.

COVID-19 case and death numbers for local counties are listed below.

Clarke County: Seven new cases; 1,322 cases since March. No additional deaths; 60 total deaths since March.

Newton County: 11 new cases; 1,780 total cases. No additional deaths; 41 total deaths since March.

Kemper County: three new cases; 741 total cases. No additional deaths; 19 total deaths since March.

Neshoba County: nine new cases; 3,221 total cases. No additional deaths; 148 total deaths since March.

MSDH presumed that 182,103 people have recovered from COVID-19 as of January 3. The department also reported that there are 221 ongoing outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities.

case count

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	1960	65	72	15
Alcorn	2488	45	128	19
Amite	942	25	54	7
Attala	1884	55	171	34
Benton	780	22	45	10
Bolivar	3842	101	223	30
Calhoun	1293	19	26	4
Carroll	1011	20	47	9
Chickasaw	1766	42	53	15
Choctaw	575	12	1	0
Claiborne	827	23	45	9
Clarke	1322	60	110	30
Clay	1507	31	24	3
Coahoma	2146	53	128	11
Copiah	2328	47	75	9
Covington	2033	69	135	39
De Soto	16358	155	111	22
Forrest	5733	111	224	48
Franklin	640	12	40	2
George	1897	37	48	7
Greene	1059	28	52	6
Grenada	2107	67	155	32
Hancock	2370	56	69	14
Harrison	12347	172	477	59
Hinds	15477	299	761	111
Holmes	1656	67	103	20
Humphreys	788	22	33	8
Issaquena	154	6	0	0
Itawamba	2503	56	125	22
Jackson	9717	167	215	28
Jasper	1603	31	35	2
Jefferson	511	18	30	4
Jefferson Davis	821	25	8	1
Jones	5953	103	215	41
Kemper	741	19	44	9
Lafayette	4713	88	187	52
Lamar	4601	61	52	13
Lauderdale	5510	174	407	88
Lawrence	976	17	27	2
Leake	2223	63	88	14
Lee	8472	133	214	41
Leflore	2912	104	233	50
Lincoln	2842	81	170	36
Lowndes	5059	100	210	44
Madison	7868	152	351	66
Marion	1988	69	157	22
Marshall	3264	63	64	15
Monroe	3394	98	189	53
Montgomery	1061	32	54	9
Neshoba	3221	148	197	56
Newton	1780	41	86	14
Noxubee	1065	21	32	4
Oktibbeha	3793	79	212	36
Panola	3493	73	102	13
Pearl River	3041	89	158	31
Perry	963	31	21	7
Pike	2483	75	119	34
Pontotoc	3499	49	42	4
Prentiss	2347	47	99	15
Quitman	645	7	0	0
Rankin	10084	189	364	53
Scott	2332	42	39	4
Sharkey	412	17	43	8
Simpson	2254	66	152	19
Smith	1142	20	58	8
Stone	1358	18	83	9
Sunflower	2711	68	111	16
Tallahatchie	1343	33	48	7
Tate	2572	58	80	19
Tippah	2246	45	101	5
Tishomingo	1747	56	101	27
Tunica	820	21	18	2
Union	3266	54	125	19
Walthall	1082	36	67	13
Warren	3252	90	163	37
Washington	4649	119	188	39
Wayne	1893	27	69	11
Webster	875	23	58	11
Wilkinson	560	24	24	5
Winston	1946	59	114	32
Yalobusha	1107	34	82	22
Yazoo	2306	52	139	18
Total	240,309	5,186	9,780	1,783

On Monday, MSDH reported that 55,399 people in Mississippi have been vaccinated against COVID-19.