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The following chart tracks the raw numbers of positive COVID-19 tests to show the rate of growth in various population conditions. Time (t) shown in days starts with the first known case in Mississippi. The orange line shows the increase in positive tests since then. This data represents the conditions in Mississippi at large and is compared to 2 other conditions: the average growth rate seen in large unmitigated populations (blue, about a doubling every 3 days) and the recent outbreak in a long-term care facility in DuPage, IL populated with high risk patients.
Links to data sources are posted below.
As of today, this data shows that the rate of virus spread in Mississippi is not far behind that of an extremely high risk population of elderly people and suggests that the virus is not anywhere close to well controlled yet in Mississippi.
These numbers are being collected from sources daily and pulled into a spreadsheet, which is being updated as soon as new numbers are published. Every attempt at accuracy is being made.
Here are links to data sources:
Mississippi Dept of Health COVID-19 Webpage, updated daily
The above site is the primary source for the Mississippi data set
Worldometer COVID-19 Outbreak Page
The above site is the primary source for the Average Growth Rate dataset
WGN News Chicago: Spike in Coronavirus Cases
The above site is the primary source for the DuPage dataset
The datasets are being updated as time permits, at least daily. As more data about local numbers emerges, it will be tracked and posted.