County’s COVID numbers creeping up again

Despite the increasing number of people in Madison County being vaccinated, COVID-19 rose slightly with 58 new cases reported by the county as of April 14, according to Wednesday’s Mississippi State Department of Health COVID-19 report.

Last week, Madison County reported only 48 new cases. According to Wednesday’s MSDH report, 75,479 people have been vaccinated in Madison County, up 5,997 from last week’s 69,482 total.

The MSDH vaccination report does not distinguish the county of residence of the people receiving the vaccines so all of those vaccines may not have been administered to people who are residents of Madison County.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, Madison County has recorded 9,922 COVID-19 cases, up 58 cases from 9,864 in last week’s report, and 210 COVID-19 deaths, up one from last week’s report.

The MSDH has not updated Madison County’s schools COVID-19 report since April 2.

Vaccines are currently available for all Mississippians ages 16 and older and are available at the Walmart locations in Canton and Madison. Go to https://msdh.ms.gov/c19appointment#local to check availability.

Vaccinations also are currently being administered by appointment in Madison County at Canton High School, 634 Finney Road in Canton on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

Sign up online at covidvaccine.umc.edu or call 1-877-978-6453. The website is the best option, officials have said.

Mississippi’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases now stands at 188,633 with another 119,478 probable cases for a total of 308,111 COVID-19 cases and 4,922 confirmed deaths and 2,200 probable COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began in March 2020.