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Mississippi COVID-19 outbreak spread

This chart describes how a

new virus that we have no

immunity to, can spread to

almost unimaginable levels

within a very brief time

frame. The coronavirus was

first detected in Mississippi

on March 11. Six days later 21

cases have been reported.

The growth line below and at

the right shows hows rapidly

the COVID-19 can spread

from community to

community. With inaction ,

we would expect over 36,000

cases by month's end .

exponential case

March 31, over 36 K

cummulative cases

21628

36450

The tragic part of these

findings is that there is a very

real mortaility rate of 1.4%

that's experienced.

Immediate population

fatalities could exceed 500 as

ealry as the beginning of

April.

exponential case

forecast beins on

March 18 with 41

cases expected

March 24 ,

944

cummulative

cases

expected

4519

7615

12834

1 1 6 6 10 12 21 41 69 117 197 332 560

944

1591

2681

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