health_tweets: 24818

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rowid id user created_at full_text retweet_count favorite_count State Abbreviation State Health Department Website
24818 24817 1258797754857467907 16100741 2020-05-08T16:35:46+00:00 We've added a new chart to our collection of COVID-19 data reporting: deaths by day, with deaths in long-term care facility residents highlighted. This critical measure of Mississippi's COVID-19 activity supplements our charts of hospitalizations by day and illnesses by day. https://twitter.com/msdh/status/1258797754857467907/photo/1 9 10 Mississippi MS Mississippi State Department of Health https://msdh.ms.gov/