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Culture  |  Frank Corder  • 
December 28, 2021

Mississippi COVID hospitalizations up 78 over 5-day Christmas holiday reporting period

Available hospital beds up 146 over same period, but there are 16 less ICU beds open across the state as 8 COVID patients enter critical care. On Monday, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) released its updated COVID case counts, showing 7,058 cases over a 5 day period from December 22 to December 26,…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
December 27, 2021

High commodity prices in 2021 pushed Mississippi agriculture to a sharp increase in total value

Mississippi agriculture reaches a record high, estimated $8.33 billion. Last week, researchers from the Mississippi State University’s Extension Service stated that agriculture’s estimated value has risen 19% from 2020 and the value is back to the high levels seen in 2012-2014. Commissioner Andy Gipson posted on Twitter that though MS Agriculture set a record high production value…