No ICU Beds Left in Jackson, Only 12% Remain Statewide in Mississippi

With COVID-19 cases ramping up, Mississippi’s capital city has run out of ICU beds. Please protect yourself and your family,” Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said in a grim tweet this morning. Today and yesterday, Mississippi reported 17 more deaths—deaths “which we should remember are avoidable,” Dobbs wrote in a tweet yesterday. MSDH Warns of ‘Critical’ Care ShortagesYesterday, the Mississippi State Department of Health used social media to sound a note of urgency. Indeed, the 7-day average for new COVID-19 cases in Mississippi has doubled from about 500 on the day Gov.