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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nCOVID-19 Case and Death Summary<\/h1>\n\n\n\nCases reported in the past week: 24,880<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Positive test results reported to MSDH between August 17 and August 23, as of 3 p.m. yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deaths reported in the past week: 278<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH or determined from death certificate reports between August 17 and August 23, as of 3 p.m. yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Total Mississippi COVID-19 cases: 416,789<\/h2>\n\n\n\nTotal Mississippi COVID-19 deaths: 8,158<\/h2>\n\n\n\nLong-Term Care Facilities<\/h1>\n\n\n\n- Current active outbreaks: 184<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
An outbreak is considered any confirmed COVID-19 case among LTC facility residents or employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hospitalizations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Mississippi’s hospital burden remains exceptionally high, as a shortage of adult and children’s ICU beds continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Patients currently\u00a0hospitalized<\/strong>\u00a0for confirmed COVID-19:\u00a01,563<\/strong><\/li>
- Patients currently in\u00a0intensive care<\/strong>\u00a0for confirmed COVID-19:\u00a0465<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
COVID-19 Hospitalizations by Date<\/h1>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-23-COVID-Hospitalizations.png?resize=640%2C401\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nState Trend<\/h1>\n\n\n\nCases by Date of Illness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This chart tracks COVID-19 cases according to the date the person first became ill, rather than the date of test results. It’s the standard way of following the course of a disease in a population. The black average line helps identify upward or downward trending. (In the few cases where date of illness has not yet been determined, testing date is used.) Since we are still receiving reports of illnesses that began up to two weeks ago, expect the more recent dates on this chart to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-23-COVID-CaasesByDate.png?resize=640%2C379\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-10-COVID-TwoWeekComparison.png?resize=640%2C494\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nDeaths by Date of Occurrence<\/h1>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-23-COVID-DeathsByDateofOccurrence.png?resize=640%2C379\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-23-COVID-TwoWeekDeathsComparison.png?resize=640%2C494\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat You Can Do<\/h1>\n\n\n\n- Be vaccinated.<\/strong>\u00a0Vaccination is the most powerful step you can take to resume normal community life and stop unnecessary deaths.<\/li>
- Be tested<\/strong>\u00a0for COVID-19 if you have symptoms or believe you may have been exposed. See our guide to local testing providers and free testing at\u00a0http:\/\/HealthyMS.com\/covid19test<\/a><\/strong><\/li>
- If you are unvaccinated,\u00a0<\/strong>wear a mask whenever you are indoors, away from home.<\/li>
- If you are over 65, or have a chronic illness,\u00a0<\/strong>avoid all large indoor gatherings, even if you are vaccinated.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY (mAb) TREATMENT<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
If you have tested positive for COVID-19 and may be at risk for serious illness, mAb treatment can reduce your risk of severe symptoms and hospitalization.\u00a0Details and treatment providers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\")
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Long-Term Care Facilities<\/h1>\n\n\n\n- Current active outbreaks: 184<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
An outbreak is considered any confirmed COVID-19 case among LTC facility residents or employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hospitalizations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Mississippi’s hospital burden remains exceptionally high, as a shortage of adult and children’s ICU beds continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Patients currently\u00a0hospitalized<\/strong>\u00a0for confirmed COVID-19:\u00a01,563<\/strong><\/li>
- Patients currently in\u00a0intensive care<\/strong>\u00a0for confirmed COVID-19:\u00a0465<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
COVID-19 Hospitalizations by Date<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nState Trend<\/h1>\n\n\n\nCases by Date of Illness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This chart tracks COVID-19 cases according to the date the person first became ill, rather than the date of test results. It’s the standard way of following the course of a disease in a population. The black average line helps identify upward or downward trending. (In the few cases where date of illness has not yet been determined, testing date is used.) Since we are still receiving reports of illnesses that began up to two weeks ago, expect the more recent dates on this chart to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nDeaths by Date of Occurrence<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat You Can Do<\/h1>\n\n\n\n- Be vaccinated.<\/strong>\u00a0Vaccination is the most powerful step you can take to resume normal community life and stop unnecessary deaths.<\/li>
- Be tested<\/strong>\u00a0for COVID-19 if you have symptoms or believe you may have been exposed. See our guide to local testing providers and free testing at\u00a0http:\/\/HealthyMS.com\/covid19test<\/a><\/strong><\/li>
- If you are unvaccinated,\u00a0<\/strong>wear a mask whenever you are indoors, away from home.<\/li>
- If you are over 65, or have a chronic illness,\u00a0<\/strong>avoid all large indoor gatherings, even if you are vaccinated.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY (mAb) TREATMENT<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
If you have tested positive for COVID-19 and may be at risk for serious illness, mAb treatment can reduce your risk of severe symptoms and hospitalization.\u00a0Details and treatment providers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vaccinations More than 1,120,579\u00a0people have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Mississippi. Vaccination is very effective at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":113343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16346],"tags":[16051,16052,5,19153],"class_list":["post-113342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-mississippi","tag-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-23-COVID-VaccinationStatus.png?fit=1053%2C813&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
An outbreak is considered any confirmed COVID-19 case among LTC facility residents or employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hospitalizations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Mississippi’s hospital burden remains exceptionally high, as a shortage of adult and children’s ICU beds continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Patients currently\u00a0hospitalized<\/strong>\u00a0for confirmed COVID-19:\u00a01,563<\/strong><\/li>
- Patients currently in\u00a0intensive care<\/strong>\u00a0for confirmed COVID-19:\u00a0465<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
COVID-19 Hospitalizations by Date<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nState Trend<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Cases by Date of Illness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This chart tracks COVID-19 cases according to the date the person first became ill, rather than the date of test results. It’s the standard way of following the course of a disease in a population. The black average line helps identify upward or downward trending. (In the few cases where date of illness has not yet been determined, testing date is used.) Since we are still receiving reports of illnesses that began up to two weeks ago, expect the more recent dates on this chart to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nDeaths by Date of Occurrence<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat You Can Do<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
- Be vaccinated.<\/strong>\u00a0Vaccination is the most powerful step you can take to resume normal community life and stop unnecessary deaths.<\/li>
- Be tested<\/strong>\u00a0for COVID-19 if you have symptoms or believe you may have been exposed. See our guide to local testing providers and free testing at\u00a0http:\/\/HealthyMS.com\/covid19test<\/a><\/strong><\/li>
- If you are unvaccinated,\u00a0<\/strong>wear a mask whenever you are indoors, away from home.<\/li>
- If you are over 65, or have a chronic illness,\u00a0<\/strong>avoid all large indoor gatherings, even if you are vaccinated.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY (mAb) TREATMENT<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
If you have tested positive for COVID-19 and may be at risk for serious illness, mAb treatment can reduce your risk of severe symptoms and hospitalization.\u00a0Details and treatment providers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vaccinations More than 1,120,579\u00a0people have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Mississippi. Vaccination is very effective at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":113343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16346],"tags":[16051,16052,5,19153],"class_list":["post-113342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-mississippi","tag-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-23-COVID-VaccinationStatus.png?fit=1053%2C813&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- Be tested<\/strong>\u00a0for COVID-19 if you have symptoms or believe you may have been exposed. See our guide to local testing providers and free testing at\u00a0http:\/\/HealthyMS.com\/covid19test<\/a><\/strong><\/li>
- Patients currently in\u00a0intensive care<\/strong>\u00a0for confirmed COVID-19:\u00a0465<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n