Mississippi's health care system reaches the brink as COVID cases and hospitalizations reach new highs in the state.

Then, a new report from the Trust for America's Health examines the impact of the pandemic on communities facing food insecurities.

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Hospital beds in Mississippi are filling up with coronavirus patients, and emergency rooms are giving up space to assist with the high demand for advanced medical care. Yesterday was a new record day for COVID-19 cases in the state as the Department of Health reported over twelve hundred new confirmed infections. Over the past eight days, COVID-related hospitalizations have continued to climb to a record 855. Dr. Andy Willhelm is Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He tells MPB's Kobee Vance the novelty and severity of the disease presents a series of challenges.

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School closures, coupled with the economic pressures of the COVID-19 crisis, are causing children to experience food insecurity at unprecedented rates. A new report, released yesterday by Trust for America's Health, examines policies and recommendations that are being implemented by local, state, and federal officials, as well as school systems, to protect against child hunger during the ongoing pandemic. Adam Lustig is with Trust for America's Heath. He tells shares more about the report with us.

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