Vaccine now available to all

Vaccine now available to all

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COVID-19 vaccinations are now available to all Mississippians age 16 and older after Gov. Tate Reeves relaxed restrictions effective Tuesday.

“Starting tomorrow, ALL new appointments will be open to ALL Mississippians,” Reeves Tweeted on Monday. “Get your shots friends and let’s get back to normal!”

Over the past week, 769 vaccinations were administered in Neshoba County for a total of 6,464 vaccinations administered in the county since the vaccines became available. 

That number is up from 5,699 the previous week, according to Tuesday’s Mississippi State Department of Health’s COVID-19 report. 

Statewide, about 10 percent of the population has been vaccinated, slightly lower than the national average.

Vaccinations are currently being administered in Neshoba County at the Coliseum, 12000 Mississippi 15 north, Philadelphia, Monday through Friday by appointment. 

Sign up online at covidvaccine.umc.edu or call 1-877-978-6453. The website is the best option, officials have said.

Selected Walmart pharmacies and local clinics and hospitals are now offering a limited number of COVID-19 vaccinations. Go to https://msdh.ms.gov/c19appointment#local to check availability.

Neshoba County recorded 47 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past week for a total of 3,908 cases up from 3,861 cases the previous week, according to the MSDH report.

Neshoba Central Middle School was the only Neshboa County school to report quarantined students with four students quarantined between March 4 and 12, the latest date for which figures were available.

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians reported five new COVID-19 cases in the past week for a total of 1,827 positive cases, up from 1,822 in last week’s report.

The Tribe reported one new death from COVID-19 in the past week for a total of 112 deaths from the virus, with one current hospitalization.

Some Tribal deaths may also be included in the Neshoba death total, but officials make no distinction.

Mississippi’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases now stands at 185,822 with another 115,428 probable cases for a total of 301,250 COVID-19 cases and 4,813 confirmed deaths and 2,116 probable COVID-19 deaths for a total of 6,929 COVID-19 deaths, since the pandemic began last March.






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