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Viral cases differ racially in Pike, Lincoln
By GABRIELPERRYGPERRY@ENTERPRISE-JOURNAL.COM
Thu,05/14/20-9:14PM , 436 Reads
The disparity between the number of African-Americans and whites in Pike County who contracted or died from coronavirus is unique compared to the racial disparity in Lincoln County.

State health officials reported no new cases or deaths in Pike County on Thursday and the total remains at 173 infections and 10 deaths.
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It’s not the flu: Virus deadlier
By GABRIELPERRYGPERRY@ENTERPRISE-JOURNAL.COM
Thu,05/14/20-12:00PM , 123 Reads
Despite the notion that coronavirus is about as troublesome as the flu, federal statistics say tens of thousands more Americans died this winter of COVID-19 compared to influenza.

Meanwhile, Mississippi crept past 10,000 cases of the virus Wednesday.

One thing is clear — this isn’t the flu.
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- Wearing gloves and a face mask, cashier Nicole Winding works behind a Plexiglas screen at the Piggly Wiggly in Summit on Tuesday.
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Jobless aid sped up
By GABRIELPERRYGPERRY@ENTERPRISE-JOURNAL.COM
Wed,05/13/20-11:48AM , 95 Reads
An executive order that Gov. Tate Reeves signed Monday aims to speed up the payment of unemployment benefits.

The order waives the one-week waiting period to receive unemployment benefits for claims filed between March 8 and Dec. 26 of this year.
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State exceeds testing guidelines
By GABRIELPERRYGPERRY@ENTERPRISE-JOURNAL.COM
Wed,05/13/20-11:42AM , 98 Reads
Mississippi’s rate of coronavirus testing is expected to exceed White House guidelines on reopening the economy, although Gov. Tate Reeves placed additional restrictions Tuesday on seven counties amid escalating infection rates and warned the same could happen statewide.
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