7 Mississippi Children Hospitalized With COVID-19; 2 on Life Support

A Mississippi state flag flies outside the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on June 25, 2020. Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo

Seven children in Mississippi were in intensive care for COVID-19 on July 13, with two of them on ventilators, according to State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs.

“Please be safe and if you are 12 or older—please protect yourself,” Dobbs wrote on Twitter.