COVID-19 cases on the rise in Neshoba County with one new death
COVID-19 cases rose last week in Neshoba County with 74 new cases and one new death, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health’s Tuesday COVID-19 report.
Neshoba County’s total COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in March 2020 is now 4,232, up 74 from last week’s report of 4,158 total. The one new death bings the county’s toll to 180. Of those deaths, 114 are from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, according to MSDH.
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has reported 19 new positive cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths in the past week as of July 20, with the total number of positive cases for the Tribe standing at 1,869 with 114 deaths since the pandemic began in March 2020. Three new hospitalizations have been reported.
The Tribe this week temporarily reinstated a mask mandate at its casino properties.
All guests and employees of Pearl River Resort and Bok Homa Casino are temporarily required to wear face coverings, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians officials announced.
Pearl River Resort properties and Bok Homa Casino are temporarily reinstating a mandatory mask policy for all guests, effective immediately, the tribe said in a press statement issued Wednesday night. Associates are also required to wear face coverings.
Cyrus Ben, chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, has issued Executive Order 2020-060-B, reinstating face-covering requirements on Tribal land, the press statement said, adding spike in COVID-19 delta variant cases throughout the state has prompted the action.
As of Tuesday, 21% of Neshoba County’s population is fully vaccinated, according to MSDH, and 24% of the county’s population had received one of the 12,789 total doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in the county.
Vaccinations are being administered at Walgreens at 1002 W. Beacon Street and Walmart at 1005 W. Beacon Street, according to MSDH.
Statewide, since the pandemic began in March 2020, 205,783 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been recorded by the MSDH along with 132,296 probable cases, totaling 338,079 cases. There have been 5,190 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, along with 2,333 probable deaths, totaling 7,523 deaths.