MS COVID - 09/12/20

MS COVID - 09/12/20

The fight against the spread of coronavirus is in mississippi.

Dr. deborah birx, the coronavirus response coordinator for the white house, was on the ole miss campus today.

She participated in a roundtable with leaders from ole miss as well as state and local officials, and healthcare professionals.

Dr. birx had some positive reports about the progress mississippi has made.

"you've gone just over the last five weeks from almost over 60 counties with more than 10 percent test postivity down to 23 in just that period of time.

And over 16 to 17 percent statwide test postivity to now in the 8- percent range.

And i think this really shows the power of behavioral change."

Dr. birx visited the university of alabama campus friday where she met with that school's leadership and students about what the university and surrounding community has dealt with over the past few weeks.

In our viewing area, college communities continue to lead the way with the most number of new cases.

Lafayette county has 52 new cases today.

Oktibbeha has 25.

The mississippi department of health is reporting 445 total new cases of coronavirus cases.

Today's report also shows 15 deaths across the state.

680 people remain hospitalized with confirmed or suspected coronavirus symptoms. 179 of those patients are in i.c.u.

More than 89- thousand people have tested positive in mississippi and more than 26- hundred have died.