Erin Kelly / The Meridian StarMeridian senior firefighter John Cherepanya gets tested for COVID-19 at city hall Tuesday by Robin Berry, a registered nurse with Greater Meridian Health Clinic. 

Anderson Regional Medical Center was hospitalizing 33 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday, according to Anderson’s website. 

The hospital’s records show it was the highest daily total of COVID-19 patients at Anderson since the outbreak began and an increase of 20 patients from a week ago.

Rush Foundation Hospital is not providing daily hospitalization numbers.

The Mississippi State Department of Health confirmed 14 new cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County Tuesday, for a total of 318, the second highest in the state.

Nineteen people from Lauderdale County, including 11 residents of long-term care or residential care facilities, have died from the virus, MSDH reports.

Health department data shows 75 of the county’s cases are in long-term care facilities. 

Employees for the city of Meridian have begun getting tested for COVID-19 at city hall, as part of a partnership with Greater Meridian Health Clinic. 

The 450 full- and part-time employees will be tested over the course of two weeks and are being asked to wear masks in their work places and have their temperature checked, Mayor Percy Bland said. 

He said employees may be re-tested in 120 days.

“We just want to set the tone and set the model for a lot of the businesses, a lot of the people that are going back to work, to try to provide the safest work environment for our team members,” Bland said. 

State health officials have confirmed 49 cases, three deaths and 10 outbreaks at long-term care facilities in Clarke County, 50 cases, one death and five outbreaks at long-term care facilities in Kemper County, 169 cases, three deaths and two outbreaks at long-term care facilities in Neshoba County, and 73 cases and one outbreak at a long-term care facility in Newton County.

As of Monday, 64,412 people have been tested in Mississippi, according to the health department.  

MSDH confirmed 248 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi Tuesday, for a total of 6,342 and 10 additional deaths, for a total of 239 statewide.

Please check back for updates. 

Mississippi COVID-19 Cases to Date

Table of total cases, deaths, and cases in long-term care (LTC) facilities since March 11, 2020.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total Cases in LTC Facilities
Adams	123	8	21
Alcorn	10	0	0
Amite	26	0	1
Attala	89	0	22
Benton	9	0	0
Bolivar	101	7	13
Calhoun	50	3	22
Carroll	22	1	2
Chickasaw	67	6	22
Choctaw	13	1	0
Claiborne	19	0	0
Clarke	49	3	10
Clay	33	2	0
Coahoma	60	3	1
Copiah	83	1	1
Covington	54	0	0
Desoto	272	4	2
Forrest	196	8	19
Franklin	16	1	0
George	12	1	0
Greene	5	1	0
Grenada	28	0	14
Hancock	61	5	7
Harrison	166	6	1
Hinds	435	7	13
Holmes	121	5	26
Humphreys	18	3	1
Itawamba	51	2	28
Jackson	252	6	39
Jasper	33	1	0
Jefferson	16	0	0
Jefferson Davis	29	1	1
Jones	132	1	10
Kemper	50	1	5
Lafayette	88	3	35
Lamar	94	2	0
Lauderdale	318	19	75
Lawrence	38	0	1
Leake	179	1	0
Lee	71	4	5
Leflore	141	15	27
Lincoln	136	9	46
Lowndes	49	2	3
Madison	212	7	22
Marion	66	5	13
Marshall	42	2	0
Monroe	153	12	76
Montgomery	19	1	0
Neshoba	169	3	2
Newton	73	0	1
Noxubee	55	0	8
Oktibbeha	48	3	6
Panola	38	2	0
Pearl River	154	15	30
Perry	26	1	0
Pike	142	7	12
Pontotoc	18	2	1
Prentiss	31	1	19
Quitman	14	0	0
Rankin	179	5	6
Scott	281	0	8
Sharkey	5	0	0
Simpson	43	0	2
Smith	66	4	18
Stone	22	0	0
Sunflower	52	2	0
Tallahatchie	11	1	0
Tate	39	0	1
Tippah	53	7	0
Tishomingo	7	0	1
Tunica	35	1	12
Union	16	1	1
Walthall	30	0	0
Warren	58	2	0
Washington	77	3	4
Wayne	19	0	0
Webster	17	1	0
Wilkinson	68	7	5
Winston	41	0	0
Yalobusha	19	0	0
Yazoo	129	1	0
Total	6,342	239	721

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