No new COVID-19 cases reported within county over the last week

Neshoba County recorded zero cases of COVID-19 and no deaths this 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 remains at 4,059, with the death toll still at 179. Of those deaths, 114 are from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, according to MSDH. 

As of Tuesday, 19% of Neshoba County’s population is fully vaccinated, according to MSDH, and 22% of the county’s population has received one of the 11,778 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. Go to https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,0,420,976.html to make an appointment. 

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has reported no new positive cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths as of June 14, with the total number of positive cases for the Tribe remaining at 1,838 with 114 deaths since the pandemic began in March 2020. No new hospitalizations have been reported.

Statewide, since the pandemic began in March 2020, 195,571 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been recorded by the MSDH along with 123,857 probable cases, totaling 319,428 cases. There have been 5,074 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, along with 2,287 probable COVID-19 deaths, totaling 7,361 deaths since the start of the pandemic.