A 65th Tallahatchian has died as a result of COVID-19, the Mississippi State Department of Health said last week.
MSDH noted that the victim was among eight COVID-related deaths statewide occurring Dec. 4-17 and identified from death certificate reports.
Seven other Mississippians died Dec. 15-29 due to COVID, added MSDH.
The recent death of a Tallahatchie countian due to the virus was the first reported since late August.
The most recent weekly report of county-by-county data, released by MSDH Jan. 2, shows there have been 3,773 total cases of Tallahatchie County residents testing positive for COVID.
The first positive case of the virus in Tallahatchie was reported by MSDH on March 23, 2020. The first local death was revealed April 17, 2020.
Statewide since March 2020, there have been 960,923 positive cases and 13,112 deaths linked to the pandemic, per last week’s MSDH figures.
The number of outbreaks in long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes, personal care homes and assisted living centers, rose from 107 to 149 during the week. A single infection in an LTC facility is considered an outbreak.
The MSDH’s Jan. 2 COVID-19 case totals for area counties were as follows, with deaths in parenthesis:
» Coahoma: 7,963 (135)
» Grenada: 6,305 (140)
» Lafayette: 18,394 (187)
» Leflore: 8,505 (181)
» Panola: 12,246 (179)
» Quitman: 1,800 (33)
» Sunflower: 6,744 (132)
» Yalobusha: 4,763 (63)
For the latest Mississippi COVID statistics, visit healthyms.com/covid-19.
Editor's note: This story has been edited to correct the total number of positive cases of COVID-19 reported in Tallahatchie County, based on the Health Department's Jan. 2, 2023, data.
