New Jersey surpassed as state with highest rate of COVID deaths

JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi has surpassed New Jersey as the state with the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., with roughly 1 of every 320 Mississippians having succumbed to the coronavirus. The state’s top health official on Thursday warned that more deaths will come. “We’re recording well over 2,500 (cases) a day, in [...]