More than 90 percent of active COVID-19 cases in Mississippi are among unvaccinated people, Governor Tate Reeves, a Republican, said at a news conference on Wednesday. He also stated that 90 percent of hospitalized patients in the state were unvaccinated. Mississippi Gov Tate Reeves encourages his state's residents to get vaccinated, as 90 percent of active COVID cases are among the unvaccinatedIncidence rate of the Detla variant in Mississippi. She also said that the Delta variant was primarily responsible for new cases in the county. In the United States, cases have surged by 84 percent over the last two weeks, from 12,540 average new cases a day on June 30, and 23,151 new cases on July 14.

Source: The Nation July 15, 2021 21:56 UTC