press release published U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) on Monday, 20 military medical personnel were deployed to a hospital in Jackson, Mississippi while another 20 were sent to Tupelo, Mississippi.
An additional 20 military medical officers were sent to Baton Rouge, Louisiana as part of an ongoing Department of Defense COVID-19 response operation, officials said.
Louisiana has repeatedly broken records this month for the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19. Most of the hospitalizations involve people who are unvaccinated, according to the state health department.RELATED: Mass COVID-19 vaccination sites supported by DOD pared down to 5Only about 39% of Louisiana’s residents are fully vaccinated, one of the nation’s lowest inoculation.