Is Mississippi's mask mandate working?

On August 4, Governor Tate Reeves signed an executive order that implemented a two week statewide mandate for mask wearing.

A week later, it looks like the effort is bearing some fruit.

On August 4, the day the order was announced, Mississippi confirmed 1,245 cases and 51 deaths. As of August 10, Mississippi had 644 confirmed cases and 32 deaths, and those numbers trended down. Analysis typically review 7 day averages of both numbers, and there has been a steady decline.

Here are the updated COVID-19 statistics since inception.

Date	Cases	New Cases	7day avg	Total Deaths	New Deaths	7 Day Avg

16-Mar	12
17-Mar	34	22
18-Mar	50	16
19-Mar	80	30
20-Mar	140	60
21-Mar	207	67
22-Mar	249	42
23-Mar	320	71	44	1
24-Mar	377	57	49	2	1
25-Mar	485	108	62	6	4
26-Mar	579	94	71	8	2
27-Mar	663	84	75	13	5
28-Mar	758	95	79	14	1
29-Mar	847	89	85	16	2
30-Mar	937	90	88	20	4	3
31-Mar	1073	136	99	22	2	3
1-Apr	1177	104	99	26	4	3
2-Apr	1358	181	111	29	3	3
3-Apr	1455	97	113	35	6	3
4-Apr	1638	183	126	43	8	4
5-Apr	1738	100	127	51	8	5
6-Apr	1915	177	140	59	8	6
7-Apr	2003	88	133	67	8	6
8-Apr	2260	257	155	76	9	7
9-Apr	2469	209	159	82	6	8
10-Apr	2642	173	170	93	11	8
11-Apr	2781	139	163	96	3	8
12-Apr	2942	161	172	98	2	7
13-Apr	3087	145	167	111	13	7
14-Apr	3360	273	194	122	11	8
15-Apr	3624	264	195	129	7	8
16-Apr	3793	169	189	140	11	8
17-Apr	3974	181	190	152	12	8
18-Apr	4274	300	213	159	7	9
19-Apr	4512	238	224	169	10	10
20-Apr	4716	204	233	183	14	10
21-Apr	4894	178	219	193	10	10
22-Apr	5153	259	218	201	8	10
23-Apr	5434	281	234	209	8	10
24-Apr	5718	284	249	221	12	10
25-Apr	5911	193	234	227	6	10
26-Apr	6094	183	226	229	2	9
27-Apr	6342	248	232	239	10	8
28-Apr	6552	210	237	250	11	8
29-Apr	6815	263	237	261	11	9
30-Apr	7212	397	254	281	20	10
1-May	7441	229	246	291	10	10
2-May	7550	109	234	303	12	11
3-May	7877	327	255	310	7	12
4-May	8207	330	266	342	32	15
5-May	8424	217	267	374	32	18
6-May	8686	262	267	396	22	19
7-May	9090	404	268	409	13	18
8-May	9378	288	277	421	12	19
9-May	9501	123	279	430	9	18
10-May	9674	173	257	435	5	18
11-May	9908	234	243	457	22	16
12-May	10090	182	238	465	8	13
13-May	10483	393	257	480	15	12
14-May	10801	318	244	493	13	12
15-May	11123	322	249	510	17	13
16-May	11296	173	256	521	11	13
17-May	11432	136	251	528	7	13
18-May	11704	272	257	554	26	14
19-May	11967	263	268	570	16	15
20-May	12222	255	248	580	10	14
21-May	12624	402	260	596	16	15
22-May	13005	381	269	616	20	15
23-May	13252	247	279	625	9	15
24-May	13458	206	289	635	10	15
25-May	13731	273	290	652	17	14
26-May	14044	313	297	670	18	14
27-May	14372	328	307	693	23	16
28-May	14790	418	309	710	17	16
29-May	15229	439	318	723	13	15
30-May	15501	272	321	734	11	16
31-May	15752	251	328	739	5	15
1-Jun	16020	268	327	767	28	16
2-Jun	16322	302	325	782	15	16
3-Jun	16560	238	313	794	12	14
4-Jun	16769	209	283	803	9	13
5-Jun	17034	265	258	811	8	13
6-Jun	17270	236	253	817	6	12
7-Jun	17768	498	288	837	20	14
8-Jun	18109	341	298	847	10	11
9-Jun	18483	374	309	868	21	12
10-Jun	18787	304	318	875	7	12
11-Jun	19091	304	332	881	6	11
12-Jun	19348	257	331	889	8	11
13-Jun	19516	168	321	891	2	11
14-Jun	19799	283	290	895	4	8
15-Jun	20152	353	292	915	20	10
16-Jun	20641	489	308	938	23	10
17-Jun	20971	330	312	943	5	10
18-Jun	21300	329	316	948	5	10
19-Jun	21629	329	326	958	10	10
20-Jun	21958	329	349	968	10	11
21-Jun	22287	329	355	978	10	12
22-Jun	22898	611	392	989	11	11
23-Jun	23424	526	398	1011	22	10
24-Jun	24516	1092	506	1016	5	10
25-Jun	25066	550	538	1022	6	11
26-Jun	25531	465	557	1035	13	11
27-Jun	25892	361	562	1039	4	10
28-Jun	26567	675	611	1059	20	12
29-Jun	27247	680	621	1073	14	12
30-Jun	27900	653	639	1082	9	10
1-Jul	28770	870	608	1092	10	11
2-Jul	29684	914	660	1103	11	12
3-Jul	30674	990	735	1107	4	10
4-Jul	30900	226	715	1111	4	10
5-Jul	31257	357	670	1114	3	8
6-Jul	32214	957	710	1158	44	12
7-Jul	32888	674	713	1188	30	15
8-Jul	33591	703	689	1204	16	16
9-Jul	34622	1031	705	1215	11	16
10-Jul	35419	797	678	1230	15	18
11-Jul	36287	868	770	1249	19	20
12-Jul	36680	393	775	1250	1	19
13-Jul	37542	862	761	1272	22	16
14-Jul	38567	1025	811	1290	18	15
15-Jul	39797	1230	887	1308	18	15
16-Jul	40829	1032	887	1332	24	17
17-Jul	41846	1017	918	1346	14	17
18-Jul	42698	852	916	1355	9	15
19-Jul	43889	1191	1030	1358	3	15
20-Jul	45524	1635	1140	1389	31	17
21-Jul	47071	1547	1215	1423	34	19
22-Jul	48053	982	1179	1436	13	18
23-Jul	49963	1910	1305	1463	27	19
24-Jul	51097	1134	1322	1480	17	19
25-Jul	52304	1207	1372	1495	15	20
26-Jul	52957	653	1295	1501	6	20
27-Jul	54299	1342	1254	1543	42	22
28-Jul	55804	1505	1248	1563	20	20
29-Jul	57579	1775	1361	1611	48	25
30-Jul	58747	1168	1255	1663	52	29
31-Jul	59881	1134	1255	1693	30	30
1-Aug	60553	672	1178	1703	10	30
2-Aug	61125	572	1167	1711	8	30
3-Aug	62199	1074	1129	1753	42	30
4-Aug	63444	1245	1091	1804	51	34
5-Aug	64400	956	974	1825	21	31
6-Aug	65400	1000	950	1850	25	27
7-Aug	66646	1246	966	1874	24	26
8-Aug	67173	527	946	1896	22	28
9-Aug	67649	476	932	1912	16	29
10-Aug	68293	644	871	1944	32	27

Is Mississippi’s mask mandate working?

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