Mississippi Gulf Coast Business Council holds regional emergency COVID meeting
Earlier today, local hospital leaders and state health officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs spoke to Coast businesses via zoom about the current COVID spike in our area.…
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MSDH reports 4,412 new COVID cases, 20 deaths statewide
Mississippi is reporting its largest single-day total of new COVID-19 cases. Today, the Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting an additional 4,412 cases of COVID-19 in…
COVID hospitalization update from Singing River Health System
Hospital beds are filing up with COVID patients more and more every day. Currently, Singing River Health System has 130 hospitalized COVID patients, 123 of which are unvaccinated.…
Rise in pregnant COVID-19 patients
Since the beginning of the delta spike, there has been an all-time high in COVID cases amongst pregnant women. Memorial Hospital has been one of many locations in Mississippi to see…
Two elementary schools close due to COVID cases
Two elementary schools in South Mississippi also have closed their doors due to COVID. South Hancock Elementary announced its 14-day closure via a telephone messaging system sent to…
Memorial Hospital vaccine event
The team at Memorial Hospital continues to host pop-up COVID vaccination sites as the number of people receiving the vaccinations continues to rise. The most recent pop-up event the team hosted was…
Alarming rise of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Mississippi
The Mississippi State Department of Health hosted a health briefing focusing on incoming federal assistance, record-breaking case numbers, and alarming ICU capacity. Mississippi will open a 50-bed…
Memorial Hospital announces vaccine events
Memorial Hospital has announced more COVID-19 vaccine events for the rest of August. Pfizer vaccines will be available tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Orange Grove Medical Clinic in…
Mississippi approaches its own COVID hospitalization record
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is approaching its record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations as the virus continues spreading rapidly in a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S. The state Health Department reported Tuesday…
Monoclonal antibody infusion treatment helps COVID-19 patients
With the increase of COVID cases nationwide and here on the Coast, Memorial Hospital in Gulfport has leaned on the help of a treatment that wasn’t available this time last…
MSDH reports 3,488 new COVID-19 cases, 36 deaths statewide
COVID-19 hospitalizations are approaching a record high for the state. The State Department of Health reported today that there are 3,488 new COVID cases and 36 deaths…
Hospitalizations due to COVID continue to climb
Singing River Health System had 128 people hospitalized with COVID, the hospital CEO said, and 119 of those were not vaccinated. The numbers continue to climb in Mississippi. Of those hospitalized at SRHS, 28 are in ICU and 21 of…
Masks required for Bay Waveland School District
Bay Waveland School District updates parents on the districts COVID policies via Facebook. In a letter, Superintendent Dr. Sandra Reed explains the increasing difficulty for school nurses to follow up with contract tracing as COVID testing facilities are reaching full…
COVID testing sites packed as delta variant spreads
The delta variant is sweeping across the state and hospitals along the Coast are at their breaking point with a shortage of nurses and no ICU beds available.…
Governor Reeves speaks on rising COVID-19 cases
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves is speaking out following the continued rise in cases here in the state. On social media today, Reeves shared a graph from state health officer…
MSDH reports nearly 7,000 new cases of COVID-19 from August 6th through the 8th
Today, the Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting nearly 7,000 new cases of COVID-19 for August 6th through August 8th. Along…
COVID-19 vaccination event hosted at Gulfport High School
Gulfport High School hosted its own vaccination event Saturday at the Bert Jenkins Gym. Team Memorial came to this location earlier this summer to give out COVID vaccines…
Community vaccine event at the Gulfport Premium Outlets
Gulfport Premium Outlets partnered with Singing River Health System to host a vaccination event in hopes of getting more people vaccinated along the Coast. The state of Mississippi…
Pascagoula-Gautier School District COVID-19 numbers
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District has been notified that a total of 58 students have tested positive for COVID-19 this week from the following schools: Pascagoula High, Gautier High, Gautier Middle, Eastlawn Elementary, Arlington Elementary, Colmer Middle, Martin Bluff Elementary, Singing…
Department of Health reporting 2,000 new cases of COVID
The Mississippi State Department of Health on Friday reported an additional 2,094 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and eight deaths. Six deaths occurred between July 29 and August 5, and two deaths occurred between July 27 and July 31, identified…
Masks required in Diamondhead City Hall
Effective Thursday, August 5 at 8am, all employees and visitors to the City Hall in Diamondhead will be required to wear a mask until further notice due to the increase in cases of COVID. This will continue until further notice.
MSDH discusses delta variant, breakthrough cases, and new guidelines
Today, Mississippi’s top health official said the COVID-19 delta variant is ‘sweeping across Mississippi like a tsunami’ as the state reported 3,164 new cases of the highly…
Southern Miss institutes indoor mask requirement
The University of Southern Mississippi is joining other colleges across the South requiring face coverings for the start of the fall semester. The requirement, which goes into effect tomorrow, states that face coverings must be worn universally indoors for all…
US plans to require COVID-19 shots for foreign travelers
By ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is taking the first steps toward requiring nearly all foreign visitors to the U.S. to be vaccinated for the coronavirus. That's according to a White House official who previewed the developing…