MISSISSIPPI NOW HAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF CORONAVIRUS HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES [View all]
Mississippi now has the highest rate of coronavirus hospitalizations of any state, as the pandemic continues to spread nationwide.
The news site Mississippi Today first reported the high rate of hospitalizations, citing data compiled and updated by The COVID Tracking Project. Currently, the rate of hospitalizations in the southern state stands at about 31 percent, with 332 people hospitalized out of 1,073 infections. Twenty-two people have already died in Mississippi due to COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus.
Comparatively, in the state of New York, which has the highest number of confirmed cases of any state nationwide, the hospitalization rate is currently significantly lower at about 22 percent. But New York also has more than 83,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, while over 18,000 have been hospitalized and nearly 2,000 have died.
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves on Wednesday ordered all state residents to "shelter in place" after resisting such a move for several weeks.
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