Dobbs encourages Mississippians to get flu shots

Published 10:08 am Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs is encouraging residents to get vaccinated for the flu.

“Please get your flu shots,” Dobbs said during a Wednesday news briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“It’s a tool we have in our tool chest we can execute now to prevent additional deaths and hospitalizations,” he said. “It’s going to be definitely challenging with the coronavirus pandemic because people can get the viruses simultaneously.”

The State Department of Health reported Wednesday 23 new COVID-19 cases and one new death for Lauderdale County.

There were 552 new COVID-19 cases and 24 COVID-19 related deaths reported statewide on Wednesday. Ten of those deaths occurred between Aug. 31 and Sept. 14 and were identified from death certificate reports. Three of the new deaths reported Wednesday were in Clarke County.

The state has reported 94,573 COVID-19 cases and 2,870 deaths since it began tracking the coronavirus in March. The Department of Health presumes 85,327 people have recovered from COVID-19 since March.

Lauderdale County has reported 2,038 COVID-19 cases and 125 deaths since March. Clarke County reported seven new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing its totals to 570 cases and 45 deaths. Neshoba County had eight new cases and now has totals of 1,556 cases and 104 deaths.

Kemper County had two new COVID-19 cases, brining the total, to 288. The county has reported 15 deaths since March. Newton County reported six new cases for a total of 767 and no new deaths, keeping its total at 23.

There are 128 active outbreaks of COVID-19 in the state’s long-term-care facilities.

County case count

County Total Cases Total Deaths Total LTC Facility Cases Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams 926 37 48 13
Alcorn 786 11 17 2
Amite 321 10 14 2
Attala 653 25 90 20
Benton 223 2 4 0
Bolivar 1813 66 200 26
Calhoun 508 12 25 4
Carroll 314 12 45 9
Chickasaw 667 24 44 13
Choctaw 181 6 1 0
Claiborne 459 16 43 9
Clarke 570 45 74 23
Clay 585 18 17 3
Coahoma 1144 28 79 2
Copiah 1166 33 51 4
Covington 813 22 31 7
De Soto 5477 59 64 13
Forrest 2425 71 171 40
Franklin 192 3 4 1
George 759 13 34 6
Greene 359 17 38 6
Grenada 1072 36 105 20
Hancock 572 21 9 4
Harrison 3805 73 239 31
Hinds 7032 159 422 65
Holmes 1095 58 100 20
Humphreys 375 15 21 6
Issaquena 104 3 0 0
Itawamba 787 21 80 16
Jackson 3430 69 77 7
Jasper 562 15 1 0
Jefferson 244 9 12 3
Jefferson Davis 335 11 3 1
Jones 2452 79 180 37
Kemper 288 15 39 9
Lafayette 2137 39 122 28
Lamar 1655 34 27 11
Lauderdale 2038 125 260 73
Lawrence 429 12 26 2
Leake 946 38 24 5
Lee 2654 68 154 30
Leflore 1383 81 189 45
Lincoln 1075 53 142 32
Lowndes 1449 58 98 33
Madison 3233 86 238 45
Marion 845 35 74 9
Marshall 1085 16 31 6
Monroe 1207 68 166 51
Montgomery 458 20* 49 9
Neshoba 1556 104 115 37
Newton 767 23 38 8
Noxubee 546 16 20 4
Oktibbeha 1763 50 189 31
Panola 1455 27 13 2
Pearl River 870 53 72 20
Perry 416 18 19 6
Pike 1224 50 82 23
Pontotoc 1249 16 17 1
Prentiss 834 17 48 3
Quitman 373 5 0 0
Rankin 3225 77 155 18
Scott 1171 26 20 3
Sharkey 265 13 43 8
Simpson 1018 44 105 19
Smith 529 14 54 8
Stone 365 12 47 8
Sunflower 1439 46* 72 11
Tallahatchie 764 21 29 6
Tate 962 37 32 13
Tippah 654 17 6 0
Tishomingo 667 38 96 26
Tunica 482 13 13 2
Union 988 24 46 11
Walthall 595 25 67 13
Warren 1384 50 119 24
Washington 2197 72 116 23
Wayne 888 21 59 10
Webster 333 13 52 11
Wilkinson 302 18 20 5
Winston 735 19 40 11
Yalobusha 423 14 35 7
Yazoo 1046 30 62 12
Total 94,573 2,870 5,883 1,185