COVID-19 cases on the uptick in county

COVID-19 cases continue to increase in Neshoba County with 27 new cases but no new death recorded during the past week, 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 4,124, up 27 from last week’s report of 4,097 total. The death toll remains at 180, and of those deaths, 114 are from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, according to MSDH. 

As of Tuesday, 21% of Neshoba County’s population is fully vaccinated, according to MSDH, and 23% of the county’s population has received one of the 12,336 total doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in the county.

Vaccinations are being administered Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Neshoba County Coliseum, 12000 Highway 15 North, and are available to all Mississippians 16 and older. 

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has reported one new positive case of COVID-19 and no new deaths in the past week as of July 12, with the total number of positive cases for the Tribe standing at 1,839 with 114 deaths since the pandemic began in March 2020. No new hospitalizations have been reported.

Statewide, since the pandemic began in March 2020, 198,801 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been recorded by the MSDH along with 126,271 probable cases, totaling 325,072 cases. There have been 5,135 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, along with 2,316 probable deaths.