Mississippi State Department of Health

COVID-19 fatality rate falling locally

By Floyd Ingram, READ MORE > 832 Reads
On Fri, 01/22/2021 - 06:00 PM

COVID-19 has spared Coahoma County with no deaths reported in the community since mid-December.

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You can prevent the spread of COVID-19

By The Press Register, READ MORE > 937 Reads
On Fri, 12/04/2020 - 01:05 PM

The CDC recommends these simple steps to prevent the spread of illnesses.

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SOURCE: Mississippi State Department of Health.

School outbreak numbers are flat

By Floyd Ingram, READ MORE > 5,885 Reads
On Mon, 10/12/2020 - 05:00 AM

After a month of school, the fear of kids in class sparking a COVID-19 outbreak in Clarksdale and Coahoma County schools appear to be unfounded.

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COVID numbers continue to drop

By Floyd Ingram, READ MORE > 5,924 Reads
On Thu, 09/10/2020 - 03:13 PM

The curve continues to drop as Mississippi and Coahoma County are seeing new cases of COVID-19 taper off.

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Mississippi COVID-19 curve moving down

By Floyd Ingram, READ MORE > 151,763 Reads
On Mon, 08/24/2020 - 01:11 PM

Could Mississippi being coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic?

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E-WIC card transition continues

By The Press Register, READ MORE > 1,281 Reads
On Sun, 08/23/2020 - 03:34 PM

Due to the transition to a retail food system via an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is preparing to close 13 food centers.

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More cases, no new deaths in Coahoma

By Floyd Ingram, READ MORE > 2,341 Reads
On Mon, 08/17/2020 - 03:34 PM

Coahoma County climbed to 830 cases of COVID-19 over the weekend but has not reported a new death from the disease in over two weeks.

And Mississippi reported a new low of 276 new cases on Monday and only 11 new deaths.

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Coahoma Long Term Care cases spike

By Floyd Ingram, READ MORE > 3,750 Reads
On Thu, 08/13/2020 - 12:13 PM

Coahoma County numbers for cases in Long Term Care (LTC) facilities jumped dramatically this week with the Mississippi State Department of Health now reporting 43 new cases in the space of a week.

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Coahoma reports 30 new cases of COVID-19

By Floyd Ingram / The Press Register, READ MORE > 2,235 Reads
On Mon, 08/03/2020 - 05:29 PM

Coahoma County reported 30 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend and a Long Term Care (LTC) facility has reported another death.

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Coahoma reports three COVID-19 deaths

By Floyd Ingram / The Press Register, READ MORE > 2,419 Reads
On Fri, 07/31/2020 - 03:18 PM

Let’s hope the last day of July 2020 will be remembered as the day Coahoma County reported the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19.

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