Vaccinations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
More than 1,496,000<\/strong> people have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Mississippi, and more than 534,000<\/strong> have received boosters or third vaccine doses. Vaccination benefits you even if you have already had COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fully vaccinated individuals with boosters have the highest protection against severe illness and death from COVID-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n All Mississippians aged 5 or older are now eligible for vaccination at hundreds of convenient locations statewide. Vaccinations and boosters are free<\/strong> to all Mississippians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Homebound persons<\/strong>\u00a0can get help with COVID-19 vaccination by sending e-mail to\u00a0COVIDHomebound@msdh.ms.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Host a vaccination event<\/strong> for your business or organization by writing to VaccineEvent@msdh.ms.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow daily vaccination progress: Mississippi COVID-19 Vaccination Report<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n More about vaccinations and where to get one<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cases reported in the past week: 38,855<\/strong> Deaths reported in the past week: 334<\/strong> Total Mississippi COVID-19 cases: 770,522<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Total Mississippi COVID-19 deaths: 11,378<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n An outbreak is considered any confirmed COVID-19 case among LTC facility residents or employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n COVID-19 data reported by schools for the week ending February 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n View COVID-19 school reports<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mississippi hospital bed usage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This chart tracks COVID-19 cases and deaths according to the date the person first became ill, or by date of death rather than the event was reported. 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 COVID-19 cases are high but falling in the state, while pressure on hospital ICUs remains significant. Treatment Treating<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":117545,"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":[16052,16256,16505,5,19153],"class_list":["post-117543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","tag-covid-19","tag-deaths","tag-hospitalizations","tag-mississippi","tag-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/unnamed-1-1.png?fit=569%2C327&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117543","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=117543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/unnamed-3.png?resize=640%2C494\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFind a Vaccination or Booster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
COVID-19 Case and Death Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Positive test results reported to MSDH between February 1 and 7, as of 3 p.m. yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH or determined from death certificate reports between February 1 and 7, as of 3 p.m. yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLong-Term Care Facilities<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
K-12 Schools<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Hospitalizations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
COVID-19 Hospitalizations by Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nState Trend<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Cases and Deaths by Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat You Can Do<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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