Half of total COVID-19 deaths in Mississippi among elderly in LTC facilities

Cases surge among young people, state health leaders said it poses a bigger danger to older people who cross their paths.

The latest figures from the state showed more than half the deaths reported are among elderly residents at long term care facilities.

501 residents in facilities across the state died from the coronavirus in less than four months.

State health officer doctor thomas dobbs urged young mississippians to wear a face mask around elderly people new