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A young woman shows her unemployment application to a security guard, unseen, at a state WIN Job Center in north Jackson, Miss., Thursday, April 2, 2020. The job centers lobbies are closed statewide to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The agency encourages residents to apply for their benefits on line. Some centers have made paper unemployment applications available to those people without computers, for them to mail back or push through the centers' mail slots or doors. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi jobless claims up; Greenville restricts worship

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers, left, answers questions about the state's testing for COVID-19 and new community recommendations, while Mississippi Emergency Management Agency executive director Greg Michel listens at a press conference in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, March 12, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi shows wide racial gap in impact of coronavirus

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, left, speaks at a press conference on Tuesday morning, March 31, 2020, in Jackson, Miss., as state epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers, right, listens. Reeves signed a new executive order establishing a shelter-in-place for Lauderdale County, effective through April 14, 2020. (Sarah Warnock/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

Mississippi governor declares Confederate Heritage Month

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Jim Craig, senior deputy and director of health protection at the Mississippi State Department of Health, answers a reporter's question at the governor's news conference in Jackson, Miss., Monday, April 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

African Americans more than half of Mississippi virus deaths

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Congregants remain in their cars during a prayer service held outside at First United Pentecostal Church, Thursday, April 2, 2020, in Brandon, Miss. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Mississippi working to expand hospital capacity for virus

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Analysis: Reeves gets his Katrina with challenge of virus

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Congregants remain in their cars during a prayer service held outside at First United Pentecostal Church, Thursday, April 2, 2020, in Brandon, Miss. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Mississippi churches take services online, into parking lots

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Congregants remain in their cars during a prayer service held outside at First United Pentecostal Church, Thursday, April 2, 2020, in Brandon, Miss. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Mississippi beginning statewide stay-home order amid virus

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Mississippi State Medical Officer Thomas Dobbs speaks during a news conference held by Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. Reeves is ordering people statewide to stay at home starting Friday at 5 p.m. because of the coronavirus. (Sarah Warnock/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

Mississippi withholds some health prep info about virus

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

A man wears a face mask as he maneuvers his shopping cart between vehicles after shopping at a Walmart store, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Pearl, Miss. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Mississippi gov sets statewide stay-home order amid virus

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 24, 2020, file photo, Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves speaks with reporters outside the Governor's Mansion to give an update on the current situation of the new coronavirus in the state and discuss Mississippi's ongoing response to slow the spread, in Jackson, Miss. In Mississippi, home to nearly 3 million people, Reeves has allowed most businesses to stay open, even restaurants, so long as they serve no more than 10 people at a time, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Mississippi gov issues stay-home order for 1 of 82 counties

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Trent Allen, pastor at Calvary Chapel Jackson, speaks into a laptop as he conducts a livestream church service from his living room, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Brandon, Miss. The church service, which was forced to be done from home as a result of the state's limiting gatherings of more than ten people because of the coronavirus outbreak, was joined by members tuning in from California and Pennsylvania, as well as local members. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Mayor: step up COVID-19 restrictions. Governor: prays

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A shopper walks past a table of t-shirts urging customers to &quot;Wash your Hands&quot; at the usually shopper filled Mississippi Farmers Market in Jackson, Miss., mid-morning Saturday, March 28, 2020. Some of the displaying farmers and craftspeople believe the warnings to social distance and fear of COVID-19 have curbed the usually heavy foot traffic. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Virus: Some critical of Reeves handling of state’s response

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State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs, speaks about establishment of two one-day COVID-19 testing centers in Clarksdale and Olive Branch Friday, during a news conference outside the Governor's Mansion, while Gov. Tate Reeves, left, listens, Thursday, March 26, 2020 in Jackson, Miss. The testing centers will be run by the Mississippi State Department of Health and the University of Mississippi Medical Center. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Businesses risk being sued amid virus, Mississippi gov says

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Lee County Emergency Management Coordinator Lee Bowdry, right, drops off boxes full of new N95 face masks to a North Mississippi Medical Center warehouse facility in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Thomas Wells/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)

Mississippi to trace contacts of virus-positive cases

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves speaks with reporters outside the Governor's Mansion to give an update on the current situation of COVID-19 in the state and discuss Mississippi's ongoing response to slow the spread, Tuesday, March 24, 2020 in Jackson, Miss. Reeves and his family spent about a week and a half in self isolation following a trip to Spain to watch a daughter's soccer play. While the family was not tested, they reported none of the symptoms associated with the virus. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Governor: Mississippi not ‘dictator’ on limits during virus

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

A Jackson, Miss., public transit bus driver dons a face mask as he drives his route Friday, March 13, 2020. The city has established a protocol for dealing with COVID-19. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi governor declares emergency to fight coronavirus

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Republican Attorney General Lynn Fitch discusses the importance of establishing a Task Force on State Cybersecurity during a governor's news conference, Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi attorney general to lead cybersecurity panel

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Mississippi governor appoints coronavirus prep committee

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Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, left, listens as Bob Anderson, the new state Department of Human Services director, speaks about his appointment, Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. Anderson is an attorney who has led the Medicaid fraud division of the state attorney general's office. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

New Mississippi welfare director says he aims for integrity

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press