Mississippi governor wants residents to take stay-at-home order seriously

The governor wants Mississippians to take the order seriously as the number of coronavirus cases and deaths rise.

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Governor tate reeves said the state is in danger which si why people need to take coronavirus more seriously he said the virus is going to be deadly before we can slow it down he reiterated that people need to take his executive order seriously the governor said he believes a statewide shelter-in-place for mississippi will slow the spread of covid-19.

Again the shelter-in-place will begin this friday, april 3, 2020 at 5:00 pm and be in effect until monday, april 20, 2020 at 8:00 am.

And here's a look at the local numbers.

According to state health leaders, the county case numbers and deaths may change as they received new information tippah county is now up to 29 cases.

With lee with 24 with one death okitbbeha county now with 20 lafayette with 16 cases chickasaw has 14 cases with one death lowndes county now has 10 cases locally in alabama, marion county has 11 cases, pickens county still with 0 cases, 4 cases in franklin county and one case in lamar county statewide, we are up to 1- thousand-173 cases with 22 deaths when you look at the state map -- the top population counties in the state is hinds county -- that's where jackson is located.

It has the highest number of cases in the state with 118 while desoto county -- northwest mississippi right outside of memphis -- is right behind with 103 53 cases are in harrison county on the mississippi gulf coast, which is where gulfport and biloxi are located.

Four counties still do not have any confirmed coronavirus cases.

Mississippi reported four additional deaths including some people from our area one death each in chickasaw and monroe counties the state has not released any details about any of the victims. from this map you can see where the previous deaths occurred across the state.

And right now state health leaders are investigating an outbreak of coronavirus cases at long term care facilities including some in our area.

State health leaders said there's been an outbreak in long term facilities in calhoun, chickasaw, oktibbeha, prentiss and union counties right now there's an investigation into the cases and that investigation includes identifying close contacts of infected individuals for possible exposure.

Nursing homes are considered high risk locations because their residents are older or in poor