As the delta variant of COVID-19 continues its surge across the state and Mississippi’s hospital system faces imminent failure, medical experts and some elected officials continue to urge Mississippians to get vaccinated. Vaccines, according to medical researchers, are nearly as effective against the delta variant as the original strain and minimize the chance of infection and nearly eliminate the risks of developing serious illness.

According to Mississippi State Department of Health data, 83% of the people who died from COVID-19 from July 15 through Wednesday, were unvaccinated, while 17% were fully vaccinated people who experienced breakthrough infections, or infections when someone is fully vaccinated. During the same period, unvaccinated people made up 98% of the state’s cases and 89% of hospitalizations.

View our interactive graph of the vaccination status among people who have contracted, died of and/or been hospitalized due to COVID-19 or related complications since July 15.

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