2 new COVID deaths reported in last week

Neshoba County has recorded 32 new COVID-19 cases and two new deaths, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health’s Oct. 19 report.

Neshoba County has now recorded a total of 6,624 cases of COVID-19 and 206 deaths since the pandemic began in March 2020.

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians reported eight new positive cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths in the past week as of Oct. 18, with the total number of positive cases for the Tribe standing at 2,462 with 123 deaths. The Tribe reported four new hospitalizations in the past week.

As of Oct. 8, the latest date for which statistics are available, Neshoba County Schools reported between one and five cases of COVID-19 among students at Philadelphia Elementary and Philadelphia High School. A total of 12 students were quarantined during the week of Oct. 4-8.

As of Oct. 18, 28% of Neshoba County’s population is fully vaccinated, and 31% of the population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to MSDH.

Vaccinations are being administered at Walmart at 1002 W. Beacon St., Philadelphia and Walgreens at 1005 W. Beacon Street in Philadelphia, according to the MSDH.

Statewide, since the pandemic began in March 2020, 286,946 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been recorded by the MSDH along with 212,892 probable cases, totaling 499,838 cases. There have been 6,667 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, along with 3,290 probable deaths, totaling 9,957 deaths.