Mississippi Now Has the Highest Rate of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in the United States: Mississippi now has the highest rate of coronavirus hospitalizations of any state, as the pandemic continues to spread nationwide.
The news site Mississippi Today first reported the high rate of hospitalizations, citing data compiled and updated by The COVID Tracking Project. Currently, the rate of hospitalizations in the southern state stands at about 31 percent, with 332 people hospitalized out of 1,073 infections. Twenty-two people have already died in Mississippi due to COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus.