"If Mississippi were its own country, you would be second in the world only to Peru in terms of deaths per capita... With all due respect, governor, your way is failing." CNN's @jaketapper presses Mississippi GOP Gov. Tate Reeves on the state's Covid-19 death rate. #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/P93FGrhroi
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 19, 2021
Mississippi now has the highest COVID death rate in the U.S.—and one of the highest in the world.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 17, 2021
About 1 in every 326 Mississippi residents has died from the virus. https://t.co/G2uNIenCrl