Mississippi governor looks back at past five months of pandemic

Aug.

11 marked the five-month anniversary of Mississippi reporting its first case of the coronavirus.

Gov.

Tate Reeves had this to say.

Marks a unique anniversary of sorts... governor tate reeves addressed the date in his news conferece.

Wtva's alyssa martin joins us live in the studio to explain..

On this day - 5 months ago - the first coronavirus case was reported in mississippi... the first case was reported in forrest county after the adult male traveled to florida... today - the governor responded to what he's learned in the past 5 months of the pandemic..

" expect the unexpected everyday, no matter what you plan for - no matter how many hours you plan for looking at the data today - its completely different tomorrow.."

The goveror also mentioned today's less than 1 thousand case count... and continued to encourage mississippians to abide by the statewide mask mandate in place and practice social distancing..