Today marks two years since the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Mississippi. In the time since, the state has weathered one of the worst COVID crises in the country. Per the Department of Health, more than eight thousand Mississippians are confirmed to have died of the disease. That's not counting over four thousand more suspected COVID deaths.
Mississippi Edition - 3/11/2022 - Pandemic's 2-Year Anniversary with Dr. LouAnn Woodward
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Dr. LouAnn Woodward, University of Mississippi Medical Center COVID-19 incident commander and dean of the School of Medicine, refers to a graph outlining the rising number of COVID-19 patients over a 14-day period at the medical center during a news briefing at the school in Jackson, Miss., on the spread of the omicron variant.
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