Mississippi Department of Health map posted April 13, 2020.

The Mississippi State Department of Health confirmed 15 new cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County Monday, bringing the total to 150.

Eight people from the county have died and four long-term care facilities have a confirmed outbreak of the virus, according to MSDH.

The numbers show Lauderdale County and Pearl River County have the highest number of deaths in the state, more than the combined total from Hinds, Madison and Rankin Counties. 

Lauderdale County has the third highest number of cases in Mississippi, according to MSDH.

According to state health officials, confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths are reported in the patient’s home county. For example, if a Lauderdale County resident tests positive for COVID-19 in Hinds County or dies in Hinds County, it will be included in the total for Lauderdale County.

As of Monday, Anderson Regional Medical Center was hospitalizing 21 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the hospital’s website.

State health officials reported 161 new cases in Mississippi, for a total of 2,942 and two additional deaths, for a total of 98 deaths statewide. 

In the latest update, Clarke County had 15 cases, one death and two outbreaks at long-term care facilities, Kemper County had 14 cases, Neshoba County had 34 cases and Newton County had 10 cases and one outbreak at a long-term care facility.  

Please check back for updates.

Outbreaks in long-term care facilities (LTCs)

Long-term care (LTC) facilities like nursing homes are considered high risk locations because their residents are older or in poor health. Even one case of COVID-19 in these facilities among residents or employees is considered an outbreak. We investigate residents, staff and close contacts of infected individuals for possible exposure. The number of LTC facilities with outbreaks are shown for each county in the table below.

County	Cases	Deaths	LTCs with Outbreaks
Adams	57	1	2
Alcorn	7
Amite	14	1	1
Attala	20
Benton	5
Bolivar	68	3	2
Calhoun	24		1
Carroll	8
Chickasaw	30	2	1
Choctaw	11	1
Claiborne	7
Clarke	15	1	2
Clay	20
Coahoma	38	1
Copiah	31
Covington	15
Desoto	178	2	1
Forrest	105	2	2
Franklin	10
George	8
Greene	2
Grenada	11
Hancock	40	5	2
Harrison	112	5	2
Hinds	259	2	4
Holmes	46	3
Humphreys	11	1	1
Itawamba	9
Jackson	147	5	1
Jasper	14
Jefferson	4		1
Jefferson Davis	5	1
Jones	37		3
Kemper	14
Lafayette	30	1
Lamar	38	1
Lauderdale	150	8	4
Lawrence	6
Leake	29
Lee	46	4
Leflore	48	4	2
Lincoln	49	4	2
Lowndes	25		1
Madison	106	2	3
Marion	21		1
Marshall	34	2
Monroe	37	2	2
Montgomery	15	1
Neshoba	34
Newton	10		1
Noxubee	6
Oktibbeha	37	1	2
Panola	23	2
Pearl River	88	8	2
Perry	19	1
Pike	59	1	1
Pontotoc	15	1
Prentiss	14		1
Quitman	12
Rankin	100	2
Scott	58		1
Sharkey	3
Simpson	7		1
Smith	28	1	1
Stone	11
Sunflower	38	1
Tallahatchie	4
Tate	24
Tippah	44	6	1
Tishomingo	2
Tunica	21	1	1
Union	7	1	1
Walthall	21
Warren	14		1
Washington	57	2	2
Wayne	9
Webster	14	1
Wilkinson	49	3	1
Winston	20
Yalobusha	14
Yazoo	64	1
Total	2,942	98	58

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information about residence.

–Mississippi Department of Health