JACKSON, Miss — The Mississippi Health Department says two more children have died from COVID-19.
The department said Thursday that both of the people who died were between 11 and 17 years old.
Both were eligible for vaccination against COVID-19, but neither had been vaccinated.
Mississippi has had at least 13 pediatric deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic started about two years ago.
During that time, the state has reported more than 784,000 cases of the virus and nearly 11,800 deaths.
