Mississippi Legislature COVID-19 outbreak

The Mississippi Legislature COVID-19 outbreak was the infection of 26 state legislators of the Mississippi Legislature with COVID-19 in the summer of 2020. A total of 49 infections were linked to the outbreak. All legislators survived, but there was one death linked to an infection spread by a legislator.

The outbreak led to delays in the legislators meeting to discuss important budget issues.

Background
In late June 2020, a reporter observed some Republican legislators not wearing masks. Infections struck a total of 26 legislators, including those who were wearing and those who were not wearing masks.

Infected legislators
Not all the names of the legislators were reported in media.
 * Ronnie Crudup
 * Philip Gunn
 * Delbert Hosemann