State health officials discuss record number of COVID-19 cases

State health officials are speaking out after a record number of coronavirus cases were reported in Mississippi.

- state health officials are- speaking out after a record - number of coronavirus cases wer- reported in - mississippi.- in a press briefing this- afternoon,- state health officer dr. thomas- dobbs expressed - concern over the nearly 2,500 - reported cases today and- record number of- hospitalizations the state has- experienced this week.- as a result, m-s-d-h has issued- public health reccomendation- s to mississippians urging- everyone to avoid social- gatherings that include people- outside of your immediate - household, including, funerals,- weddings, and - sporting events.- - "we have to remember that most, at least 50 percent of- transmissions are occuring from- people who are asymptomatic - - - - and don't know that they have i- and you wouldn't know.

That's - why it's important for- us to avoid all social- gatherings and assume that- anyone we come in contact - with is going to be a contagiou- coronavirus case."

- under the m-s-d-h recommendatio- s, people should only continue- to- participate in work, school or- other essential activities.

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