Mississippi COVID Cases Increase To 98,886 Deaths To 2,979

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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.

 

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	956	38	48	13
Alcorn	842	11	18	2
Amite	342	10	15	2
Attala	684	25	90	20
Benton	238	3	4	0
Bolivar	1882	71	218	28
Calhoun	534	12	25	4
Carroll	332	12	45	9
Chickasaw	701	24	44	13
Choctaw	187	6	1	0
Claiborne	465	16	43	9
Clarke	615	49	87	26
Clay	601	20	19	3
Coahoma	1178	30	86	4
Copiah	1216	33	61	4
Covington	834	23	33	8
De Soto	5724	66	74	13
Forrest	2568	75	175	41
Franklin	201	3	4	1
George	803	13	34	6
Greene	396	17	38	6
Grenada	1107	36	108	20
Hancock	607	22	14	4
Harrison	3965	75	255	31
Hinds	7227	161	439	65
Holmes	1104	60	101	20
Humphreys	379	15	21	6
Issaquena	106	3	0	0
Itawamba	876	21	84	16
Jackson	3643	70	77	7
Jasper	587	15	1	0
Jefferson	243	9	12	3
Jefferson Davis	346	11	3	1
Jones	2546	81	183	37
Kemper	291	15	39	9
Lafayette	2228	40	123	28
Lamar	1802	37	28	11
Lauderdale	2090	126	260	73
Lawrence	439	14	26	2
Leake	969	38	25	5
Lee	2967	73	172	33
Leflore	1443	82	191	45
Lincoln	1127	53	142	32
Lowndes	1621	58	98	33
Madison	3363	90	238	45
Marion	883	37	88	13
Marshall	1121	22	31	6
Monroe	1268	69	169	51
Montgomery	475	20	49	9
Neshoba	1620	104	115	37
Newton	783	24	39	8
Noxubee	562	16	20	4
Oktibbeha	1828	52	189	31
Panola	1525	31	15	3
Pearl River	916	53	71	20
Perry	436	21	19	7
Pike	1251	54	97	27
Pontotoc	1307	16	17	1
Prentiss	889	19	48	3
Quitman	393	5	0	0
Rankin	3401	80	173	22
Scott	1182	27	21	3
Sharkey	267	14	43	8
Simpson	1065	47	107	19
Smith	552	15	54	8
Stone	384	13	48	8
Sunflower	1497	46	77	11
Tallahatchie	786	24	29	7
Tate	1020	38	44	13
Tippah	720	18	39	0
Tishomingo	715	39	96	26
Tunica	500	15	15	2
Union	1013	24	46	11
Walthall	605	26	67	13
Warren	1423	50	119	24
Washington	2292	80	123	26
Wayne	918	21	59	10
Webster	340	13	52	11
Wilkinson	309	18	20	5
Winston	749	19	40	11
Yalobusha	449	14	35	7
Yazoo	1067	33	71	12
Total	98,886	2,979	6,147	1,215

 

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	90,980	7,906	98,886
Deaths	2,738	241	2,979

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

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. 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.

Note: 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 reports of COVID-19 school cases, outbreaks and exposure
  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 ongoing 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 27

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	713,080	619,654	37,480	55,946
Total tests for COVID-19 statewide	823,185	728,519	38,720	55,946

MSDH Individuals Tested as of September 30

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: 80,870
• Total positive individuals from MPHL tests: 8,766

Edited October 3, 2020 by niman