Eight more cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County

Published 4:06 pm Sunday, May 24, 2020

Eight more cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 247 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi Sunday.

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Statewide, health officials confirmed 13,252 total cases and 625 deaths, including nine additional deaths reported as of 6 p.m. Saturday. Records show one of those deaths occurred in Lauderdale County.

State health officials reported eight new cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County Friday, for a total of 678 and one additional death, for a total of 55 deaths.

Records show 36 of the 55 people from the county who died from COVID-19 lived in long-term care facilities.

As of Friday, Anderson Regional Medical Center reported it was hospitalizing 22 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19.

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

In Sunday’s update, MSDH reported a total of 126 cases and 16 deaths in Clarke County, 125 cases and 10 deaths in Kemper County, 512 cases and 31 deaths in Neshoba County and 224 cases and three deaths in Newton County.

 

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

186

15

39

8

Alcorn

14

1

0

0

Amite

52

1

7

1

Attala

269

14

79

13

Benton

14

0

1

0

Bolivar

140

10

17

4

Calhoun

60

4

23

4

Carroll

113

10

45

8

Chickasaw

126

12

34

8

Choctaw

29

2

0

0

Claiborne

58

1

2

0

Clarke

126

16

17

7

Clay

99

3

0

0

Coahoma

98

3

0

0

Copiah

278

4

0

0

Covington

127

1

1

0

Desoto

461

6

15

2

Forrest

480

34

85

24

Franklin

25

2

2

1

George

19

1

0

0

Greene

7

1

0

0

Grenada

75

2

14

2

Hancock

87

11

9

3

Harrison

234

6

2

1

Hinds

893

24

78

13

Holmes

365

23

77

11

Humphreys

53

7

16

5

Itawamba

85

7

34

6

Jackson

296

13

40

4

Jasper

139

3

1

0

Jefferson

40

0

0

0

Jefferson Davis

71

2

3

1

Jones

467

13

53

5

Kemper

125

10

27

6

Lafayette

123

3

37

0

Lamar

219

4

4

2

Lauderdale

678

55

181

36

Lawrence

90

1

1

0

Leake

384

10

1

0

Lee

104

5

9

1

Leflore

239

25

64

12

Lincoln

243

20

81

16

Lowndes

160

7

18

4

Madison

654

21

89

12

Marion

108

8

14

2

Marshall

69

3

2

0

Monroe

242

24

92

21

Montgomery

78

1

0

0

Neshoba

512

31

65

17

Newton

224

3

3

0

Noxubee

158

6

14

3

Oktibbeha

134

10

34

7

Panola

62

2

0

0

Pearl River

202

27

44

9

Perry

46

2

0

0

Pike

196

11

14

6

Pontotoc

25

3

3

1

Prentiss

38

3

22

3

Quitman

24

0

0

0

Rankin

349

6

5

0

Scott

589

10

13

2

Sharkey

7

0

0

0

Simpson

85

0

4

0

Smith

131

10

30

7

Stone

29

0

0

0

Sunflower

77

3

0

0

Tallahatchie

24

1

0

0

Tate

59

1

2

0

Tippah

70

11

0

0

Tishomingo

25

0

1

0

Tunica

48

3

12

2

Union

71

5

20

4

Walthall

49

0

0

0

Warren

150

6

35

4

Washington

153

5

7

1

Wayne

109

0

2

0

Webster

27

1

0

0

Wilkinson

82

9

5

2

Winston

98

1

0

0

Yalobusha

82

4

24

4

Yazoo

215

2

10

0

Total

13,252

625

1,683

315

-Mississippi Department of Health