Rose Harrison, 60, Guin, died on April 6 night at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Miss. She was an employee at the Marion Regional Nursing Home and had worked in healthcare for around 30 years.
According to her daughter, Amanda Williams, Harrison tested positive for Covid-19 after a nursing home resident contracted the virus.
Using social media updates, Williams notified family and friends that Harrison was hospitalized in Tupelo on April 3 and placed on a ventilator on April 4. The next day (April 5), testing showed she was positive for Covid-19. Williams said her mother began not feeling well around Wednesday, April 1.
Williams said Harrison had a temperature of 99.8 for several days, but was told she was expected to work unless her temperature was 100.4 or higher. She was taken to the hospital after her temperature spiked to 102.