CoxHealth says 30 people have died from COVID-19 in the past eight days.

President and CEO Steve Edwards says he thinks things are only going to get worse.

Edwards says the number of deaths from the pandemic could double by the end of January.

Edwards says it’s time for politicians to listen to science.

So far, Governor Parson has refused to issue a statewide mask mandate.

157 Covid patients in system, 128 in Cox SGF, 23 noninfectious. We have lost 30 patients in 8 days.

For the politicians who have rejected our leading physicians advice, let this number, 30, sink in. And, I fear a doubling of the current YTD total deaths by the end of January. pic.twitter.com/Wp6m9er70G

— Steve Edwards (@SDECoxHealth) November 30, 2020