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- - one by one coastal cities - throughout harrison county- are issuing orders to help keep- - - - communities safe during the - covid-19 outbreak.- news 25's victoria bailey spoke- with city leadership and- has the details.- - "don't be out in public if you- don't have to - and stay home"- "if you don't have to be at wor- stay home"- words from coastal city - leadership as the outbreak of - covid-19 continues to wreak - havoc throughout the- world.- gfx:- monday: biloxi issued a shelter- - - - in place order, diberville: sta- at home order and long beach: - stay at home order,gulfport - issued a safer at home order- - - - "it's gotten to the point where- even with the measures we put i- place a couple weeks- ago that they are not having th- effect we'd hoped for.

We're- continuing to see the - spread of a covid-19 virus in - our community.- each order carries a nightly- curfew from 11:00 p.m.

Until- 5:00 a.m.

- "most businesses can still- remain active to a limited- fashion.

They have to make sure- they limit things to 10 people- or less and don't allow people- - - - inside their store greater than- 10.

They have to have the socia- distances 6 feet apart in place- if you- are in a line of work and it's- articulated in this order that- if you're a workout gym - facility, - a barbershop, a salon; places - where you have to be in close - proximity to people - those are businesses we told- need to be shut down" - - - - "mayor gillich believes that 95- of people are following the - advice and the cities are - working together in concert to- take the next step.

The the - curfew is not unlike- something you would see after a- hurricane.

So, nothing to be- alarmed about.

It's just- a step taken to help control th- spread of the virus," - with cases in the magnolia stat- climbing to more than 930 and - the - death toll reaching 20, local - leadership believes it's a- priority to stress the severity- - - - of this virus.

"it's very - important the public adhere to- all the guidelines the- guidelines of the - c.d.c.

The guidelines of of all- elected officials on the coast- it's very important.

We - keep hearing about reducing the- cure, well we don't even want - there to be a curve we- - - - want this thing to be squashed- as quickly as possible but ther- is a personal - responsibility to help stop the- spread" - "we've got to do some things- that are uncomfortable that are- inconvenient but if we don't- this is going to persist a lot- longer than what we're dealing- with now so - let's all be proactive take tha- individual responsibility take- care of our neighbors" for a- complete look at the curfew - orders, visit our website wxxv2- dot com.

For news 25 i'm- victoria bailey - - as many states around the - - - - country are under shelter-- in-place orders, many residents- in the magnolia state want to - take the same measures.

- a shelter in place petition is- circulating with the goal of no- reaching more than 15 thousand- signatires to officially issue - state-wide shelter in place - order.- last checked, the petition has- almost reached it's goal.

- author of the petition kyle - brandt is hoping this will show- governor reeves a state- wide - shelter-in-place order is - needed and is welcomed by the - state residents.- - kyle brandt auther of petition:- "my - wife is immuno compromised she- has multiple sclerosis and afte- watching tate - reeves press conferences i- started becoming more and more- frustrated with - not very many actions happening- to stop the spread of the virus- and i just couldn't help- - - - but think about my wife and the- thousands of other- immunocompromise- people in the state of- mississippi who are probably as- stressed as i am worrying that- their level one could get sick- and potentially have a lifelong- injury or - - - - disability- 110th house district- representative jeramey- anderson endorsed the petition- earlier this week and - says he encourages residents to- add their signature.- - gov.

Tate reeves is issuing his- first stay-at-home order to - try to slow the spread of the - new coronavirus.

It's - only for one of the 82 counties- reeves says he's setting the- two-week order for lauderdale - county because testing has show- a rapid increase in - cases.- he and the state epidemiologist- dr. paul byers, say a nursing - home there is considered a hot- spot for the highly - contagious virus.

- the health department says- mississippi has 20 deaths and - nearly 940 cases.

- reeves says he could issue othe- stay-home orders if tests - show rapid increases in cases - elsewhere.- - the state of mississippi now ha- 90 new cases of covid-19, - according to the mississippi- state department of health and- private testing providers.- four new deaths have also been- confirmed, in bolivar,- lafayette, montgomery and panol- counties.

- tishomingo county is reporting- its first - coronavirus case.

- the state total of cases now- stands at 937, with 20 deaths.- three adults under the age of 5- have died.- breaking the numbers down by- counties in south mississippi,- hancock county has 16, harrison- has 45, george county still wit- three cases, jackson county now- - - - has 40 cases, and pearl river - county has 30.- hinds county now has the most - cases in the state with 90.

- a mississippi coronavirus - hotline is now available every- day, 24 hours a day.- it's your best source to get- questions answered- quickly and accurately.

- also, for a full list of testin- sites, visit our website- wxxv25.com- - another employee tested positiv- for the coronavirus at- ingalls shipbuilding in - pascagoula, making the total- now at eight.

- the first case of covid-19 at - ingalls shipbuilding was- announced more than a week ago.- ingalls released a statement- saying employees have - the flexibility to stay home if- they choose to.

- officials also said:- "we fully support all - shipbuilders' choice to take- liberal leave, but the work we- do as shipbuilders is mission - critical to our nation's- defense, and maintaining- operations- during these difficult times is- essential to protecting - something else we often take fo- granted - our freedom."

- ingalls also announced yesterda- their liberal leave - policy has been extended until- may 1st.- - now, here's meteorologist ryan- mahan, with a quick look at - - - - your weather.

- - lingering clouds across the - northern third of the - forecast area are associated- with a thermal trough axis and- - - - cold- air advection moving into the - area.

This cloud deck should- - - - gradually clear through the - evening hours, and expect to- -