Hello, my name is Cecilia Dobbs Walton public affairs, specialist for the city of Biloxi I'm here to deliver today's be prepared report. This is being recorded on Monday April, the 27th at 3:15 p.m. the Mississippi State Department of Health, has announced its new numbers regarding coronavirus, testing statewide.

There were 183 new cases in the past 24 hours and two additional deaths. This chart shows the trend in the new cases statewide. There have now been six thousand and ninety four cases of the corona virus statewide. Since this all began, there have also been a total of 229 deaths attributed to the corona virus locally. We continue to see a downward path in the past 24 hours. There has been one new case confirmed in Harrison County in Jackson County. There were two new cases reported in the past 24 hours in one in Hancock County.

Another figure mayor Gillett is watching is hospitalizations right now there are two dozen patients being treated for the corona virus Coast wide. The mayor is meeting with representatives of various sectors of our business community, Hair, Salons, restaurant tours and retailers. The plan has been fine-tuned to make sure that we have a responsible opening for when the time is right and the time will be right within the next week or so. Please continue to hold firm. We have now seen the 14 day downward path in Harrison County.

This falls in line with the president's opening up America. Again we have seen the governor's plan. The Biloxi business owners and operators are being made aware of the operating standards we are setting. Please remember the social distance, wash your hands often and stay home. If you feel sick, that's all report for today on behalf of mayor Gillet and the members of the bloody City Council, we say, god bless you and God bless Biloxi. We leave you today with some views of the waterfront, we're seeing you here again tomorrow.

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