Shopper's Covid Safety

S the state continues to re- open businesses, Mississippi continues to see high covid-19 numbers, including a record high yesterday.

Mississippi continues to see high covid-19 numbers, including a record high yesterday.

This as the state continues to re- open businesses... most of those are being cautious to make sure customers and employees are safe// wcbi's bobby martinez is live in starkville with more..

That is right joey... customers who plan on shopping here at book mart and cafe..

Should keep a mask at hand... "if we do six feet of masks in small groups...we basically would see corona virus start to fade out.."

But as of late... there has been an uptick of positive covid-19 cases... tuesday marked the highest single day positive cases with 611..

As for today, an additional 526 new cases, according to the mississippi department of health..

Bringing the total of cases here since march 11..

To 23, 424 along with 1,011 deaths..

Dr. dobbs says if people don't follow all health guidelines... these numbers will continue to increase... sot - dr. dobbs - mississippi department of health "because we lack the patience or discipline to stick with those sort of things.

We are going to see ongoing cases and and i'm really fearful going into the fall that it's going to be an absolute disaster."

With an attempt to help prevent the spread of covid-19..

Stand up here at book mart and cafe in starkville... they are urging customers to wear a face mask upon entering the store... and the first thing customers will see when they enter the store..

Is hand sanitizer on a table... and if you forget your face mask..

One will be provided for you as well... "upon coming in we provide facemasks and hand sanitizer so you can just quickly wipe your hands off.

And we also keep the handles cleaned and we also sanitize the desk and stuff just to keep everything sanitized."

Blackwell says this is one way to keep everyone safe.... "we think it's very important that everyone that comes in the store wears a facemask to help prevent spreading the covid-19 and obviously it's protection for you and for anybody else that you may come in contact with."

Addison bunton says people should to continue to wear face masks in public... we should all wear them i mean even though they are uncomfortable especially in the summer when it's really hot but i mean we have to stop this somehow.

We can't just let it go on go on and have more people getting it."

And if you would like to learn more on how to keep safe and the best way to prevent covid-19..

You can always visit the cdc website for the latest information..

Reporting live in starkville - bobby martinez - wcbi news..