{"id":85947,"date":"2020-04-02T12:43:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T17:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=85947"},"modified":"2020-04-02T12:43:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T17:43:56","slug":"mississippi-covid-19-cases-rise-to-1073-and-22-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/mississippi-covid-19-cases-rise-to-1073-and-22-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi COVID-19 Cases Rise to 1,073 and 22 Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This morning, Thursday, April 2, 2020, the <strong>Mississippi State Department of Health<\/strong> is reporting 136 new cases of <strong>COVID-19<\/strong> in <strong>Mississippi <\/strong>identified by testing from the <strong>MSDH Public Health Laboratory<\/strong> and private testing providers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two new deaths have also been confirmed, in <strong>Holmes <\/strong>and <strong>Humphreys Counties<\/strong>. <strong>Jasper County<\/strong> is reporting its first <strong>coronavirus <\/strong>case. The state total of cases now stands at 1,073, with 22 deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hospitalization and death from COVID-19 infection is more likely if you have a long-term health problem like high blood pressure or diabetes. If you have a chronic condition, follow your doctor\u2019s recommendations closely, and strictly follow health precautions of social distancing, isolation and hygiene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More details of COVID-19 in the state, along with preventive steps to take against coronavirus, are online at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA0MDEuMTk2MDE0MjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vSGVhbHRoeU1TLmNvbS9jb3ZpZC0xOT9waHI9Q09WSUQtMTkifQ.XZJyFyviJbczXDxAhwhOQo-ZZot9LCsZZt08gu0tFKA\/br\/76889811375-l\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/HealthyMS.com\/covid-19<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Mississippi Coronavirus Hotline<\/strong> is the best way to get your questions about COVID-19 answered. Call any time: 877-978-6453.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest state map shows Mississippi&#8217;s case total as reported at 6 pm last night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-02-MS-CoronaVirus-Map.png?resize=591%2C577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-02-MS-CoronaVirus-Map.png?w=591&amp;ssl=1 591w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-02-MS-CoronaVirus-Map.png?resize=300%2C293&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-02-MS-CoronaVirus-Map.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, Thursday, April 2, 2020, the Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting 136 new cases of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":85948,"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":[19],"tags":[16051,16052,16172,16173,16174,5,16175,16144,16171],"class_list":["post-85947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-holmes-county","tag-humphreys-county","tag-jasper-county","tag-mississippi","tag-mississippi-coronavirus-hotline","tag-mississippi-state-department-of-health","tag-msdh-public-health-laboratory"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-02-MS-CoronaVirus-Map.png?fit=591%2C577&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85947","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=85947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}