Governor says COVID-19 curve flattening

The governor says the COVID-19 curve flattening, in Mississippi.

MISSISSIPPI.BUT THEY WARN...THOSE NUMBERSMAY TAKE AWHILE TO START GOING DOWN.16 WAPT'S SCOTT SIMMONS COVEREDTHEGOVERNOR'S NEWS CONFERENCE THISAFTERNOON.HE JOINS US LIVE AT FIVE WITHTHE LATEST.

STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THENUMBER OFHOSPITALIZED CASES SHOWS THAT"PLATEAU"WHICH IS CERTAINLY GOOD NEWS.BUT HARDLY A SIGN OF A QUICKDECLINE.THERE HAS BEEN A DECLINE IN THENUMBEROF PEOPLE ON VENTILATORS AND INTHEICU AT HOSPITALS ACROSS THESTATE.THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE BEINGTESTEDAND THOSE NUMBERS COMING INWHILE ARESTILL HIGH ..THEY CAN BE FROMTESTS TAKEN ASLONG AGO AS ONE WEEK.STATE OFFICIALS SAY THIS IS NOTTHE TIME TOSTART LETTING OUR GUARD DOWN...IN THISPLATEAU STAGE OF BATTLING THEVIRUS.

FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THEUNITED STATES -- IT SEEMS VERYVERY CLEAR, THAT THE PEAK HASCOME AND GONE..

WE ARE SEEINGLESS CASES ON A DAILY BASEWHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS A PEAK THATIS NOT AS NEARLY AS HIGH ORNEARLY AS STEEP BUT IS ISPROBABLYA PLATEAU MORESO THAN A STEPPEAK.THE STATE'S SHELTER IN PLACECONTINUESTHROUGH THIS MONDAY.

THE GOVERNOR MADE IT VERY CLEARTHAT EVEN WHEN THAT ORDERENDS...THE SOCIAL DISTANCINGGUIDELINES WILL REMAIN IN PLACEFOR WEEKS AFTER IN THE STATE OFMISSISSIPPI.6 FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN PEOPLE ANDGROUPS NO MORE THAN 10...BUTTHIS LATESTINDICATOR SUGGESTS INSTEAD OFGOING ONTHE WAY UP..THE CASE LEVEL FORSTATE..FLATTENING OUT.LIVE IN JACKSON SCOTT SIMMONS 16WAPT NEWSTHE GOVERNOR'S NEW SHELTER INPLACEORDER IS ALLOWING FOR