Mississippi COVID Cases Increase To 100,488 Deaths To 3,013

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Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

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

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

Detailed reporting of long-term care information will resume on Monday.

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
Adams	967	39
Alcorn	860	11
Amite	355	10
Attala	691	25
Benton	248	3
Bolivar	1902	71
Calhoun	545	12
Carroll	332	12
Chickasaw	718	24
Choctaw	189	6
Claiborne	477	16
Clarke	625	48
Clay	611	20
Coahoma	1189	31
Copiah	1242	33
Covington	845	25
De Soto	5811	70
Forrest	2650	75
Franklin	204	3
George	820	14
Greene	405	17
Grenada	1123	36
Hancock	622	22
Harrison	4077	76
Hinds	7289	163
Holmes	1111	60
Humphreys	382	15
Issaquena	106	3
Itawamba	917	24
Jackson	3739	70
Jasper	601	15
Jefferson	246	10
Jefferson Davis	350	11
Jones	2583	81
Kemper	294	15
Lafayette	2266	41
Lamar	1869	37
Lauderdale	2123	127
Lawrence	443	14
Leake	980	38
Lee	3040	73
Leflore	1463	82
Lincoln	1150	53
Lowndes	1644	58
Madison	3389	90
Marion	887	40
Marshall	1128	22
Monroe	1287	70
Montgomery	490	21
Neshoba	1646	106
Newton	800	25
Noxubee	571	16
Oktibbeha	1850	53
Panola	1546	31
Pearl River	952	54
Perry	441	21
Pike	1260	54
Pontotoc	1328	17
Prentiss	896	19
Quitman	398	5
Rankin	3446	80
Scott	1184	27
Sharkey	268	14
Simpson	1085	47
Smith	553	15
Stone	389	13
Sunflower	1514	47
Tallahatchie	788	24
Tate	1041	38
Tippah	736	18
Tishomingo	724	39
Tunica	505	15
Union	1046	24
Walthall	606	26
Warren	1429	51
Washington	2317	84
Wayne	929	21
Webster	347	13
Wilkinson	309	18
Winston	763	19
Yalobusha	453	14
Yazoo	1083	33
Total	100,488	3,013

 

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	92,154	8,334	100,488
Deaths	2,765	248	3,013

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 in Nursing Homes

Because nursing homes report COVID-19 data directly to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), we have replaced our usual long-term care facility report with the most recent CMS nursing home data, avoiding duplicate reporting requirements for these facilities.

Data such as illness in residents and staff, deaths in residents, as well as a number of other data elements are now publicly available on the CMS website. MSDH is providing the following links to view this data, which is reported directly by the Nursing Homes and is updated daily.

Note: Cases and deaths listed on the CMS website may not have appeared yet in our county totals, which are based on reports from testing laboratories.

• Search for nursing home COVID-19 data
• About the CMS COVID-19 dataset
• CMS state and national COVID-19 nursing home data

Mississippi COVID-19 Data Charts and Map

Detailed charts of COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations will resume on Monday.

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

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 October 3

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: 81,563
• Total positive individuals from MPHL tests: 8,863