Source: Mississippi State Department of Health

No more appointments are available in January at Mississippi’s drive-thru vaccination sites, according to a statement that the state health officer shared on Twitter Wednesday evening.

A few hours earlier on Wednesday, the Mississippi State Department of Health released a press release saying that it was experiencing a surge in demand for vaccines. The department said it hopes to receive a large shipment of vaccines in mid-February.

The statement that the state health officer, Dr. Thomas Dobbs, shared said that 52,000 eligible residents have vaccination appointments through the next two weeks. The statement said that these vaccinations will account for available vaccine and anticipated vaccine in January. Therefore, the state has no more drive-thru appointments available in January.

“We will add appointments and share doses with critical state partners should more become available,” the statement said.

Dobbs also said in a tweet that anyone who has already scheduled has a vaccination appointment at a drive-thru site will still be able to get vaccinated. He also said that people who have already received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine will still be able to receive the second dose.

As of Thursday, 85,829 COVID-19 vaccinations had been reported to the Mississippi Immunization Information Exchange. Vaccine providers are required to report COVID-19 vaccinations to this registry within 24 hours of the vaccination.

Mississippi reported 1,948 new COVID-19 cases and 41 new deaths on Thursday, bringing the state’s totals to 245,847 cases and 5,356 COVID-19 related deaths.

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

Lauderdale County: 45 new cases; 5,672 cases since March. No additional deaths; 174 total deaths since March.

Clarke County: six new cases; 1,351 cases. No additional deaths; 60 total deaths since March.

Newton County: 16 new cases; 1,851 total cases. No additional deaths; 42 total deaths since March.

Kemper County: six new cases; 756 total cases. One additional death, which occurred between Jan. 8 and 13; 20 total deaths since March.

Neshoba County: 28 new cases; 3,310 total cases. No additional deaths; 149 total deaths since March.

MSDH presumed that 198,888 people have recovered from COVID-19. The department also reported that there are 220 ongoing outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities.

COVID-19 data

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	2000	65	72	15
Alcorn	2578	50	128	19
Amite	957	25	54	7
Attala	1909	58	173	34
Benton	797	22	45	10
Bolivar	3915	105	224	31
Calhoun	1320	21	26	4
Carroll	1023	20	47	9
Chickasaw	1799	43	53	15
Choctaw	594	12	1	0
Claiborne	841	25	45	9
Clarke	1351	60	110	30
Clay	1556	32	24	3
Coahoma	2190	54	128	11
Copiah	2356	49	75	9
Covington	2071	71	135	39
De Soto	16717	168	111	22
Forrest	5826	117	224	50
Franklin	646	13	40	2
George	1959	37	59	7
Greene	1082	29	52	6
Grenada	2139	70	155	32
Hancock	2469	57	69	14
Harrison	12806	188	476	61
Hinds	15748	310	761	112
Holmes	1674	67	103	20
Humphreys	803	24	33	8
Issaquena	157	6	0	0
Itawamba	2570	58	125	22
Jackson	9996	172	215	28
Jasper	1635	33	35	2
Jefferson	520	19	30	4
Jefferson Davis	829	25	8	1
Jones	6112	108	216	41
Kemper	756	20	44	9
Lafayette	4827	92	188	54
Lamar	4711	62	52	13
Lauderdale	5672	174	410	88
Lawrence	998	17	27	2
Leake	2267	64	88	14
Lee	8666	135	214	41
Leflore	2969	104	234	50
Lincoln	2901	85	171	36
Lowndes	5186	106	228	50
Madison	7994	158	354	67
Marion	2033	71	157	23
Marshall	3332	64	64	15
Monroe	3463	101	189	53
Montgomery	1071	34	54	9
Neshoba	3310	149	197	56
Newton	1851	42	86	14
Noxubee	1089	22	34	4
Oktibbeha	3842	79	214	36
Panola	3572	74	102	13
Pearl River	3138	91	158	31
Perry	986	31	21	7
Pike	2548	76	119	34
Pontotoc	3565	52	42	4
Prentiss	2400	47	99	15
Quitman	667	8	0	0
Rankin	10334	204	371	57
Scott	2387	43	39	4
Sharkey	423	17	43	8
Simpson	2301	66	152	19
Smith	1173	22	58	8
Stone	1388	18	83	9
Sunflower	2758	68	111	16
Tallahatchie	1370	33	49	7
Tate	2647	59	80	19
Tippah	2338	45	107	5
Tishomingo	1790	59	101	27
Tunica	840	21	18	2
Union	3347	55	125	19
Walthall	1105	36	67	13
Warren	3346	92	165	37
Washington	4700	122	189	39
Wayne	1930	29	69	11
Webster	900	24	58	11
Wilkinson	574	24	24	5
Winston	1962	60	114	33
Yalobusha	1125	34	82	22
Yazoo	2350	54	139	18
Total	245,847	5,356	9,842	1,804