A total of 8,344 cases were reported in the state last week, an 80 percent jump from the week prior, largely due to the spreading of the Omicron variant, according to state epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers.
"We really are in the fifth wave now of COVID for Mississippi," Byers said during the news conference.
Again, nice sound bite. What are hospitalizations like? Before the vaccine, the waves emptied out nursing homes. What's happening now?
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