COVID update

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S LATESTNUMBERS SHOW 675 NEW CASES AND20 ADDITIONAL DEATHS AS OFYESTERDAY.THE STATE TOTAL IS NOW OVER26-THOUSAND-500.

HINDS COUNTY HAS MORE THAN TWO-THOUSAND OF THOSE CASES-- MORETHAN ANYOTHER COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI.BECAUSE OF THAT-- JACKSON HAS AMASK MANDATE.BUT NOT EVERYONE FOLLOWS THEORDINANCE-- WHICH WILL SOON GETYOU ACITATION.MAYOR CHOKEW ANTAR LUMUMBA SAYSHE WILLISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.

HESAYS BUSINESS OWNERS WILL ALSOBEHELD ACCOUNTABLE.

"I WANT OUR BUSINESSES, I WANTOUR RESIDENTS TOTAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.

OUR NUMBERSARE INCREASING STEADILY, AND WEWANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEPRESIDENTS SAFE."THE MAYOR SAYS HE WILL SHUTDOWNTHE CITY ONCE AGAIN IF"CORONAVIRUS" CASESCONTINUE TO RISE.

AS THE FOURTH OF JULY