Mask mandate extended, includes 10 additional counties

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Tate Reeves says an executive order that requires masks be worn in public by residents in more than a dozen Mississippi counties will likely be extended.

STATEWIDE MANDATE IS NEEDED.....THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE CRITERIAIS FOR THOSE COUNTIES THAT HAVEHAD 200 CASES ORMORE IN THE PAST 14 DAYS OR 500CASES PER100-THOUSAND RESIDENTS.

MOREALARMING NUMBERS ABOUT THELACK OF ICU BEDS AVAILABLE ANDTHEGOVERNOR PRESSING HIS POINTAGAIN ..THATTHE NUMBERS ARE REAL, NOT MADEUP ANDREFLECT HOW THIS VIRUS WILL NOTGO AWAY IFPEOPLE DON'T MASK UP AND TAKESOCIALDISTANCING SERIOUSLY.

IF YOUR COUNTY HAS MORE THAN 200CASES IN THE LAST 14 DAYS.... WEARE ALLOWING THE DATA TO MAKETHEDECISION MAKING.

AND WE AREFOLLOWING THE DATA EVERY STEPOF THE WAY.MORE STAGGERING NUMBERS OUTTODAYREGARDING I-C-U HOSPITAL BEDUSE: 40PERCENT OF THOSE BEDS ARE FORCOVID 19PATIENTS, UP FROM 31 PERCENTJUST FRIDAY.

THE STATE HEALTH OFFICER ALSOFEARINGTHE NUMBERS ARE LOWER THAN BEIGNREPORTED BECAUSE SOME CLINICSHAVE NOTBEEN REPORTING THEIR RAPID TESTRESULTS TOTHE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.LIVE INJACKSON SCOTT SIMMONS 16 WAPTNEWS.

MISSISSIPPI'S HOSPITAL