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Have one in 300 Mississippi residents died of COVID-19?

By Lisa Freedland
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According to Centers for Disease Control data, 347 Mississippians per 100,000 have died of COVID-19 since Jan. 21, 2020. This equates to about 3.5 per 1,000, indicating that more than one in 300 Mississippi residents have succumbed to the disease.

The death rate is even higher for specific Mississippi counties, including Clarke and Neshoba. One in 165 Clarke County residents have died from COVID-19. In Neshoba County, one in 141 residents have perished — the highest death rate of any U.S. county.

Mississippi also has the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths (347 per 100,000) among the states. Alabama and New Jersey trail behind, losing 332 per 100,000 and 321 per 100,000 residents to COVID-19, respectively, since the start of the pandemic.

Mississippi is one of the least vaccinated states in the country, with 55% of Mississippians having received one or more doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. Mississippi is also among the unhealthiest states in the nation.

This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.
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Centers for Disease Control CDC COVID Data Tracker
Forbes Pandemic Death Leader Mississippi Has Now Lost One In Every 300 Residents To Covid
Centers for Disease Control CDC COVID Data Tracker
US News and World Report Most Unhealthy States 2021
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