Mayor McMurray responds to rising Covid-19 numbers

September has seen a steep rise in both Covid-19 cases locally and hospitalizations and deaths

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September has been a seen a steep rise in both covid-19 cases locally and hospitalizations and deaths.

This spike has come despite a city wide mask mandate enacted by mayor bill mcmurray.

Kq2's ron johnson sat down with the mayor today to get his thought on the rising covid-19 numbers.

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Joseph is of the utmost concern for mayor bill mcmurray.this is very serious and we all need to be very carefulthe concern likely for good reason, as data shows a sharp increase in hospitalizations and deaths linked to the virus.

Take this month for example, we started september with 20 hospitalizations and twelve deaths.

Three and a half weeks later, both numbers have more than doubled to 42 hospitalizations and 25 deaths.

How the city should respond to covid-19 has been a topic of debate for several weeks, but the mayor now says these numbers speak for themselves.

It's less controversial the higher the numbers of hospitalizations and deaths that we're experiencing in the community, you don't want to be in the hospital with this.

He says he echos coming from dr. anthony fauchi and the cdc, and community takes heed and does its part to trend.

On everyone's individual responsibility, can avoid large crowds practice personal hygiene you're closer than six feet.

Denial has long passed and the risk management is upon us.

News.>> the mayor's citywide mask ordinance will remain in effect until mid october.

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