JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi has surpassed New Jersey as the state with the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., with roughly 1 of every 320 Mississippians having succumbed to the coronavirus.The state’s top health official on Thursday warned that more deaths will come."We’re recording well over 2,500 (cases) a day, in recent days, far more than we’d like to see," said State Health Officer Dr.
Thomas Dobbs. "A lot of that’s going to translate into the tragedy."RELATED: Hospitals in multiple states rationing health care amid crushing COVID-19 surgeSince the start of the pandemic, at least 9,165 people in Mississippi have died of the virus.