Mississippi COVID Cases Increase To 96,677 Deaths To 2,911

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Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases for 2020, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,0,420.html#caseTable

 

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information. The data provided below is the most current available.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	941	37	48	13
Alcorn	820	11	18	2
Amite	332	10	14	2
Attala	667	25	90	20
Benton	227	3	4	0
Bolivar	1845	66	204	26
Calhoun	521	12	25	4
Carroll	319	12	45	9
Chickasaw	684	24	44	13
Choctaw	186	6	1	0
Claiborne	465	16	43	9
Clarke	600	46	83	23
Clay	595	18	17	3
Coahoma	1163	29	83	4
Copiah	1191	33	55	4
Covington	827	22	31	7
De Soto	5594	60	68	13
Forrest	2489	73	173	40
Franklin	193	3	4	1
George	780	13	34	6
Greene	388	17	38	6
Grenada	1090	36	107	20
Hancock	587	22	12	4
Harrison	3883	74	240	31
Hinds	7143	160	429	65
Holmes	1098	59	101	20
Humphreys	377	15	21	6
Issaquena	105	3	0	0
Itawamba	826	21	80	16
Jackson	3505	70	77	7
Jasper	575	15	1	0
Jefferson	243	9	12	3
Jefferson Davis	342	11	3	1
Jones	2487	79	183	37
Kemper	290	15	39	9
Lafayette	2191	39	122	28
Lamar	1716	35	28	11
Lauderdale	2059	125	260	73
Lawrence	433	13	26	2
Leake	960	38	25	5
Lee	2736	70	158	32
Leflore	1410	81	190	45
Lincoln	1102	53	142	32
Lowndes	1580	58	98	33
Madison	3310	89	238	45
Marion	865	35	80	10
Marshall	1106	17	31	6
Monroe	1235	68	169	51
Montgomery	464	20	49	9
Neshoba	1579	104	115	37
Newton	772	24	39	8
Noxubee	551	16	20	4
Oktibbeha	1799	52	189	31
Panola	1499	30	15	3
Pearl River	892	53	71	20
Perry	424	19	19	6
Pike	1240	51	97	26
Pontotoc	1278	16	17	1
Prentiss	862	17	48	3
Quitman	377	5	0	0
Rankin	3306	79	159	18
Scott	1176	27	21	3
Sharkey	266	13	43	8
Simpson	1046	46	105	19
Smith	534	15	54	8
Stone	374	12	47	8
Sunflower	1471	46	73	11
Tallahatchie	773	21	29	6
Tate	1004	37	34	13
Tippah	671	17	6	0
Tishomingo	690	38	96	26
Tunica	497	15	15	2
Union	998	24	46	11
Walthall	601	26	67	13
Warren	1407	50	119	24
Washington	2259	77	119	25
Wayne	904	21	59	10
Webster	338	13	52	11
Wilkinson	305	18	20	5
Winston	742	19	40	11
Yalobusha	435	14	35	7
Yazoo	1062	30	69	12
Total	96,677	2,911	5,981	1,196

 

Case Classifications

Mississippi investigates and reports both probable and confirmed cases and deaths according to the CSTE case definition.

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	89,353	7,324	96,677
Deaths	2,686	225	2,911

Confirmed cases and deaths are generally determined by positive PCR tests, which detect the presence of ongoing coronavirus infection.

Probable cases are those who test positive by other testing methods such as antibody or antigen, and have recent symptoms consistent with COVID-19, indicating a recent infection.

Probable deaths are those individuals with a designation of COVID-19 as a cause of death on the death certificate, but where no confirmatory testing was performed.

Deaths from COVID-19 and Other Causes

This table of death counts compares COVID-19 deaths in Mississippi by week with deaths from other major causes, including contributing and underlying causes.

• Mississippi Provisional Death Counts by Week
  Updated weekly

K-12 School Report by County

Mississippi K-12 schools make weekly reports of cases among students, teachers and staff, number of outbreaks, and teachers and students under quarantine as a result of COVID-19 exposure. These reports are then summarized by county.Note: An outbreak in a school setting is defined as 3 or more individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the same group within a 14-day period.

These cases have been directly reported to MSDH by each school, and may not yet have appeared in our state and county totals of cases reported by laboratories.

• K-12 school cases, outbreaks and exposure totals by county
  Updated weekly

Long-Term Care Facility Cases and Outbreaks

Long-term care (LTC) facilities like nursing homes are considered high risk locations because their residents are older or in poor health. A single confirmed COVID-19 infection in an LTC facility resident, or more than one infection in employees or staff in a 14-day period constitutes an outbreak. Residential care facilities also represent group living facilities where COVID-19 can be easily spread. We investigate residents, staff and close contacts of infected individuals for possible exposure.

These outbreak figures are reported directly to MSDH by the facility. Many of the cases and deaths reported by facilities may not yet be included in our totals of lab-reported cases.

• Mississippi COVID-19 cases and deaths in long-term care facilities PDF
  Long-term care facilities include nursing homes, personal care homes, assisted living homes, and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disability (ICF-IID)

• Mississippi COVID-19 cases and deaths in residential care facilities PDF
  Residential care facilities include psychiatric or chemical dependency residential treatment centers and long-term acute care facilities.

Ongoing Outbreaks

This weekly table of ongoing outbreaks lists all facilities that have reported a current, active outbreak of COVID-19. The reported totals are for cases and deaths associated with the current outbreak only.

Note: The cases and deaths in this document have been reported to us directly by the facilities, and may not have appeared yet in our county totals, which are based on reports from testing laboratories.

• Mississippi long-term care facilities with active COVID-19 outbreaks
  Current and past listings

Mississippi COVID-19 Data Charts and Map

All data reports below are updated as they become available.

Hospitalizations and Bed Availability

• Interactive chart of hospitalizations by date
• Interactive chart of local and state hospital bed availability

Daily Statewide Data Charts

 

Our state case map and other data charts are also available in interactive form.

• View interactive map
• View interactive epidemiological trend and syndromic surveillance

The charts below are based on available data at the time of publication. Charts do not include cases where insufficient details of the case are known.

Note: Values up to two weeks in the past on the chart of Cases by Date above can change as we update it with new information from disease investigation.

Weekly Statewide Data Summaries

Weekly Pediatric MIS-C Cases and Deaths

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare but serious condition associated with COVID-19 that causes inflammation in many body parts, including the heart and other vital organs.

Weekly High Case and High Incidence Counties

Tracking counties with recent high numbers of COVID-19 cases, adjusted for population, provides insight on where local outbreaks are most serious, and where protective measures should be increased. For more accurate reporting, these weekly charts include sample collection dates only up to seven days in the past to allow for case investigation and delays in lab test reports.

Cases counts in these charts is based on the date of illness onset. If the date of illness is not known, the date the test sample was taken, or the date of test result reporting is used instead. Counts are adjusted as cases are investigated.

Counties are ranked by highest weekly case counts, and by weekly incidence (cases proportional to population). A separate table ranking all counties is also available. All tables updated weekly.

• Full tables of counties ranked by weekly incidence and cases PDF

Syndromic Surveillance

Emergency department visits by those with symptoms characteristic of COVID-19, influenza and pneumonia, updated weekly.

Estimated Recoveries

Presumed COVID-19 cases recovered, estimated weekly (does not include cases still under investigation).

U.S. and World Cases

• COVID-19 cases in the United States (CDC)
• U.S. COVID-19 Tracker (CDC)
• COVID-19 Global Case Map (Johns Hopkins University)

COVID-19 Testing

Statewide Combined Testing as of September 25

This report has changed to a weekly update schedule.

COVID-19 testing providers around the state include commercial laboratories as well as hospital labs. Combined with testing done by the MSDH Public Health Laboratory, the figures provide a complete picture of all Mississippi testing. Updated weekly.

PCR testing detects current, active COVID-19 infection in an individual.

Antibody (serology) testing identifies individuals with past COVID-19 infection based on antibodies they develop one to three weeks after infection.

Antigen testing is another way to identify current COVID-19 infection.

	Total tests	PCR	Antibody	Antigen
MSDH Public Health Laboratory	110,105	108,865	1,240	0
Other testing providers	707,266	614,524	37,185	55,557
Total tests for COVID-19 statewide	817,371	723,389	38,425	55,557

MSDH Individuals Tested as of September 26

MSDH Public Health Laboratory (MPHL) testing totals as of 3 p.m. These totals are for tests performed at the MPHL only.

• Total individuals tested by the MPHL: 80,433
• Total positive individuals from MPHL tests: 8,716