Mississippi COVID-19 hospitalizations as of Tuesday, May 12.

Mississippi health officials confirmed 34 new cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County Thursday, for a total of 557.

Records show 45 people from the county have died from the virus, including 27 who lived in long-term care facilities. 

As of Thursday, 30 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were being hospitalized at Anderson Regional Medical Center, according to Anderson’s website.

Rush Foundation Hospital is not reporting daily COVID-19 hospitalizations. 

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 393 new cases in Mississippi Thursday, for a total of 10,483 and 15 additional deaths, for a total of 480. 

MSDH confirmed 97 cases and 11 deaths in Clarke County, 100 cases and seven deaths in Kemper County, 354 cases and 18 deaths in Neshoba County and 161 cases and two deaths in Newton County. 

As of Wednesday, MSDH reported that 105,326 COVID-19 tests had been conducted in the state.

The Meridian Housing Authority will begin distributing 4800 masks to its nine sites Friday morning. Western Gardens will be the first stop at 10 a.m.

Staff and volunteers will hang the masks on resident’s doorknobs, then move on to the next residence, according to MHA Executive Director Ron Turner.

“There will be no conversations,” Turner said at a news conference on Thursday.

Residents are required to wear the masks when they are outside.

The agency also plans to begin testing its staff through a partnership with the Greater Meridian Health Clinic, Turner said.

Please check back for updates. 

Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported cases since March 11, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	164	15	40	8
Alcorn	12	1	0	0
Amite	39	0	5	0
Attala	212	5	60	5
Benton	14	0	1	0
Bolivar	120	10	16	4
Calhoun	58	4	23	4
Carroll	106	4	45	3
Chickasaw	110	10	25	6
Choctaw	18	2	0	0
Claiborne	48	0	0	0
Clarke	97	11	14	5
Clay	75	3	0	0
Coahoma	73	3	0	0
Copiah	191	1	1	0
Covington	101	1	2	1
Desoto	355	5	6	1
Forrest	357	24	69	13
Franklin	19	1	1	0
George	16	1	0	0
Greene	7	1	0	0
Grenada	56	2	14	2
Hancock	79	10	6	3
Harrison	223	6	1	1
Hinds	717	18	62	11
Holmes	262	19	43	9
Humphreys	39	5	10	3
Itawamba	73	7	33	6
Jackson	280	13	39	4
Jasper	104	3	1	0
Jefferson	33	0	0	0
Jefferson Davis	63	1	2	0
Jones	287	7	40	2
Kemper	100	7	23	4
Lafayette	106	3	37	0
Lamar	164	4	3	2
Lauderdale	557	45	135	27
Lawrence	74	0	1	0
Leake	332	5	1	0
Lee	83	4	5	0
Leflore	197	22	50	11
Lincoln	194	16	66	12
Lowndes	100	4	7	2
Madison	502	15	61	10
Marion	86	7	14	2
Marshall	63	2	2	0
Monroe	209	22	92	19
Montgomery	70	1	0	0
Neshoba	354	18	36	9
Newton	161	2	2	0
Noxubee	118	2	9	2
Oktibbeha	97	6	27	4
Panola	46	2	0	0
Pearl River	193	26	42	8
Perry	35	1	0	0
Pike	173	10	14	5
Pontotoc	25	2	3	0
Prentiss	36	2	22	2
Quitman	19	0	0	0
Rankin	271	6	6	0
Scott	487	6	10	1
Sharkey	5	0	0	0
Simpson	72	0	4	0
Smith	107	7	27	4
Stone	26	0	0	0
Sunflower	65	3	0	0
Tallahatchie	15	1	0	0
Tate	55	0	2	0
Tippah	66	11	0	0
Tishomingo	11	0	1	0
Tunica	40	2	12	2
Union	57	4	17	3
Walthall	42	0	0	0
Warren	127	3	15	1
Washington	92	4	4	1
Wayne	32	0	3	0
Webster	22	1	0	0
Wilkinson	78	9	5	2
Winston	70	0	0	0
Yalobusha	65	0	24	0
Yazoo	176	2	4	0
Total	10,483	480	1,345	224

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