Lauderdale County distributes masks to places of worship; COVID-19 total at 816

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported five new cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County Tuesday, for a total of 816 cases and 75 total deaths. 

Of the confirmed cases in the county, 181 were in long-term care facilities and 48 people who died were residents of long-term care facilities, records show. 

The Lauderdale Emergency Management Agency is distributing free masks to places of worship located in the county, according to LEMA Director Odie Barrett.

Those interested in receiving masks should email lema@lauderdalecounty.org with the name, location and size of the congregation. 

Places of worship within the city of Meridian should contact city hall, Barrett said.

In Tuesday’s COVID-19 update, the health department reported 166 cases and 21 deaths in Clarke County, 170 cases and 12 deaths in Kemper County, 895 cases and 54 deaths in Neshoba County and 324 cases and seven deaths in Newton County. 

MSDH confirmed 353 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi Tuesday, for a total of 20,152 and 20 additional deaths, for a total of 915 deaths statewide. 

Twenty-two of the new cases reported were among Mississippi residents in long-term care facilities and there are 80 active outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities in the state, MSDH said. 

As of Monday, 451 Mississippians were hospitalized with COVID-19, 160 were receiving intensive care and 98 were on ventilators, records show.

As of Sunday, 15,323 Mississippians were presumed recovered from COVID-19, according to state data.  

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	226	17	43	10
Alcorn	32	1	0	0
Amite	71	2	12	2
Attala	333	23	89	19
Benton	19	0	1	0
Bolivar	194	13	19	4
Calhoun	82	4	23	4
Carroll	122	11	45	9
Chickasaw	168	16	35	10
Choctaw	66	2	0	0
Claiborne	142	9	43	8
Clarke	166	21	17	9
Clay	174	6	0	0
Coahoma	153	6	0	0
Copiah	418	7	4	1
Covington	209	3	1	0
Desoto	740	13	18	4
Forrest	689	41	93	29
Franklin	30	2	3	1
George	40	2	1	0
Greene	56	4	19	2
Grenada	167	4	17	2
Hancock	100	12	9	3
Harrison	377	7	3	2
Hinds	1349	28	90	13
Holmes	474	34	97	17
Humphreys	83	8	18	6
Issaquena	0	0	0	0
Itawamba	106	8	34	7
Jackson	378	16	38	5
Jasper	200	4	0	0
Jefferson	54	2	0	0
Jefferson Davis	84	3	3	1
Jones	899	43	121	25
Kemper	170	12	37	9
Lafayette	195	4	40	1
Lamar	292	6	3	2
Lauderdale	816	75	181	48
Lawrence	120	1	0	0
Leake	491	15	2	0
Lee	310	12	44	5
Leflore	376	45	160	31
Lincoln	329	32	93	25
Lowndes	335	9	19	5
Madison	905	31	102	16
Marion	152	9	15	2
Marshall	110	3	1	0
Monroe	297	25	93	22
Montgomery	98	1	0	0
Neshoba	895	54	68	23
Newton	324	7	4	0
Noxubee	216	6	15	3
Oktibbeha	374	17	98	14
Panola	137	4	0	0
Pearl River	223	31	45	11
Perry	54	3	0	0
Pike	247	11	18	6
Pontotoc	79	3	3	1
Prentiss	68	3	24	3
Quitman	51	0	0	0
Rankin	550	10	14	0
Scott	692	12	13	2
Sharkey	8	0	0	0
Simpson	123	1	2	0
Smith	182	11	52	8
Stone	34	0	0	0
Sunflower	127	4	0	0
Tallahatchie	45	1	1	0
Tate	135	1	2	0
Tippah	95	11	0	0
Tishomingo	47	0	2	0
Tunica	67	3	12	2
Union	108	8	19	7
Walthall	107	1	0	0
Warren	262	12	39	8
Washington	269	9	7	1
Wayne	398	8	4	0
Webster	109	8	50	7
Wilkinson	85	9	5	2
Winston	155	2	0	0
Yalobusha	139	7	35	7
Yazoo	350	6	19	2
Total	20,152	915	2,237	466