Mississippi is seeing its largest influx of coronavirus cases since the first positive case on March 11th.
Governor Tate Reeves today announcing the importance of following guidelines to prevent another outbreak.
- mississippi is seeing its - largest influx of coronavirus - cases since the first positive- case march 11th.- governor reeves today announcin- the importance of - following guidelines to prevent- another outbreak.
- in today's briefing, reeves - stressed that threats still - remains in our state... saying- news angencies have -quote- - "lead people to believe that- coronavirus and covid-19 is - over" - and that "many cable news - networks have moved onto- something else..."
Unquote.
- after that, he went on to remin- mississippians to - stay in the fight of covid-19 - and remain vigilant, although - there - hasn't ben a significant uptick- or major downtick.- - "we have not seen a significant- uptick in the - total number of - hospitalizations, we have not - seen a significant uptick in th- total number of patients in icu- beds, we have not seen a major- uptick in the - total number of patients on - ventilators, we've also not see- a major downtick.
It has- - - - been relatively constant for- weeks and weeks on end, and so- the reality is as - we look at the data, we haven't- seen major upticks nor have we- seen major downticks- - - - and because of that as the- health care system increased- pinup demand as - - - - more elective surgeries are - coming online, as hospitals are- doing other - procedures, put off for a littl- while, we're now beginning to - - - - see overall hospital utilizatio- and hospital capacity issues."- -
Dr. Jim Shames says that people traveling to higher-risk areas and then mingling with local friends or family is the major impetus..
