Three new deaths reported locally
Reported cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in Tate County, according to statistics from the Mississippi State Department of Health. Almost 200 cases have been documented locally over the last three weeks, including 67 from Aug. 30 through Sept. 3, with three new deaths.
“We are seeing at least 20 people a day on average with symptoms,” said Vanessa White, Administrator for Parekh Medical Clinic in Senatobia. “Everyone is scared with basic cold symptoms and getting tested. Some results have been positive and some have been negative, but we are managing symptoms the best we can. There is still a lot of confusion regarding COVID even after almost a year and a half.”
The website for Tate County Schools shows 32 individuals tested positive districtwide for COVID-19 from Aug. 23 through 27, including 10 at Strayhorn High, nine at East Tate Elementary, eight at Strayhorn Elementary and five at Independence High.
The website indicated 214 students were under quarantine during that time, including 70 at Strayhorn High, 70 at East Tate Elementary, 41 at Strayhorn Elementary, 31 at Independence High, one at Coldwater High and one at Coldwater Elementary.
Data from the Senatobia Municipal School District website shows 19 individuals tested positive for COVID-19 from Aug. 23 through 27, including nine at Senatobia Elementary, seven at Senatobia High and three at Senatobia Middle. Sixteen students from Senatobia High School were added to the list of new quarantines the last week of August.
Mississippi has the highest per-capita rate of new coronavirus cases and deaths in the United States, according to a Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 case tracker.
The tracker includes seven-day rolling averages and showed Mississippi is followed by Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina and Louisiana. Numbers reflect during the week which ended Saturday, Aug. 28, Mississippi had 102.3 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents and nearly 1.4 new coronavirus deaths per 100,000 residents.
