Newton County now has its second reported death from the COVID-19 illness, according to information released this morning by the Mississippi Department of Health.
Newton County received a shipment of cloth masks from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to distribute to the community. Under executive order 1483, signed Tuesday by Gov.
Ten new cases of the novel coronavirus were detected in Newton County over the last two days ending 6 p.m. May 10, bringing the county's total to 147. There are no active cases at long-term care facilities in the county. Only one fatality has been recorded at this time.
JACKSON — Gov. Tate Reeves today announced additional social distancing measures for seven counties identified as hotspots within our state to limit transmission around the communities and protect the health of all Mississippians.
Newton County has its first death from the coronavirus, according to information released this morning by the Mississippi Department of Public Health.
The victim was an African American. No other information about the victim was available.
The City of Newton held a virtual National Day of Prayer service that was streamed by the Newton County Appeal on May 7, 2020.
The service was conducted on the Newton City Hall steps with participants practicing social distancing.
Here is the on-demand video of the service.
Seventeen new cases of the novel coronavirus were detected over the last two days in Newton County through 6 p.m. May 7, bringing the county's total to 130, according to the latest information from the Mississippi Department of Public Health released May 8.
University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson has set up a new mobile testing site in Newton County in Conehatta for Monday afternoon.
The site will be at the Facility Building, 177 Choctaw Circle, Conehatta. The clinic will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Monday, May 11. Only those with appointments will be tested.
Twenty new cases of the novel coronavirus were detected over the last two days in Newton County through 6 p.m. May 5, bringing the county's total to 113, according to the latest information from the Mississippi Department of Public Health released May 6.
The City of Newton will continue its curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly and other COVID-19 prevention orders until May 18.
