health_tweets: 24782

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rowid id user created_at full_text retweet_count favorite_count State Abbreviation State Health Department Website
24782 24781 1268214843103948802 16100741 2020-06-03T16:15:55+00:00 Today MSDH is reporting 302 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi, with 15 new deaths. The total of #coronavirus cases since March 11 is now 16,322, with 782 deaths. See more case details and important preventive steps at http://HealthyMS.com/covid-19 https://twitter.com/msdh/status/1268214843103948802/photo/1 27 9 Mississippi MS Mississippi State Department of Health https://msdh.ms.gov/