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Over 20,000 Mississippi students under quarantine after 1st week of school

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More than 20,000 students across Mississippi are in quarantine after the first week of in-person classes.

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP

-- is reeling from rising COVID-19 cases and the highly transmissible delta variant. Last week, a 13-year-old eighth grader died after testing positive -- the fifth Mississippi child to die during the pandemic. Additionally, 948 teachers or staffers tested positive last week and 1,463 were quarantined due to exposure, according to state data.

 

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