Mississippi State Department of Health reported COVID-19 cases reported June 17, 2020.

Lauderdale County hospitals have averaged a hospitalization of 16 COVID-19 patients per day in June, according to state records obtained by The Meridian Star through a public records request.

Anderson Regional Medical Center hospitalized an average of 19 patients per day with COVID-19 from June 1 to June 16, health department records show. 

The hospital’s highest daily total of COVID-19 positive patients during that period was 24 on June 2 and the lowest daily total was 15 on June 10, according to records.

As of Tuesday, Anderson was hospitalizing 18 COVID-19 patients. 

Rush Foundation Hospital hospitalized an average of 13 patients per day with COVID-19 for the same time period, with the highest total of patients, 19, hospitalized on June 8 and the lowest number of patients, 5, hospitalized on June 15. 

As of Tuesday, Rush was hospitalizing nine COVID-19 patients.  

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 489 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday – the second highest daily increase – for a total of 20,641.

“I’m concerned that people are losing interest in the effort to keep each other safe,” Gov. Tate Reeves wrote in a post on Twitter Wednesday. “We are all tired and ready to be done, but the virus doesn’t care. Please be on your guard — small efforts have a big impact!”

MSDH reported 23 additional deaths Wednesday, for a total of 938 deaths statewide.

Sixteen of the deaths occurred between May 23 and June 11 and were identified from death certificate reports, MSDH said.

In Lauderdale County, the health department reported two new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 818, and 75 total deaths.

Records show the county has reported fewer than 10 new cases each day since June 7.

The health department confirmed 168 cases and 21 deaths in Clarke County, 169 cases and 13 deaths in Kemper County, 921 cases and 56 deaths in Neshoba County and 325 cases and eight deaths in Newton County.

As of Tuesday, 466 Mississippians were being hospitalized with COVID-19 and 100 patients were on ventilators, according to state data.

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.

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	227	18	43	10
Alcorn	32	1	0	0
Amite	73	2	12	2
Attala	335	23	89	19
Benton	18	0	1	0
Bolivar	197	13	19	4
Calhoun	83	4	23	4
Carroll	122	11	45	9
Chickasaw	177	16	35	10
Choctaw	71	2	0	0
Claiborne	144	9	43	8
Clarke	168	21	18	9
Clay	185	6	0	0
Coahoma	156	6	0	0
Copiah	425	7	8	1
Covington	213	3	1	0
Desoto	790	14	18	4
Forrest	697	41	94	29
Franklin	30	2	3	1
George	41	2	1	0
Greene	56	4	19	2
Grenada	170	4	17	2
Hancock	100	13	8	4
Harrison	393	7	6	2
Hinds	1390	29	90	13
Holmes	477	35	97	17
Humphreys	83	8	18	6
Issaquena	0	0	0	0
Itawamba	106	8	34	7
Jackson	385	16	38	5
Jasper	203	4	0	0
Jefferson	57	2	0	0
Jefferson Davis	86	3	3	1
Jones	910	44	125	27
Kemper	169	13	37	9
Lafayette	209	4	40	1
Lamar	300	6	3	2
Lauderdale	818	75	182	48
Lawrence	121	1	0	0
Leake	496	16	2	0
Lee	330	14	49	7
Leflore	385	47	163	33
Lincoln	330	32	93	25
Lowndes	352	10	19	6
Madison	922	31	102	16
Marion	163	9	15	2
Marshall	122	3	3	0
Monroe	301	26	93	23
Montgomery	98	1	0	0
Neshoba	921	56	68	24
Newton	325	8	4	0
Noxubee	218	6	15	3
Oktibbeha	386	18	101	14
Panola	146	4	0	0
Pearl River	224	32	46	12
Perry	55	3	0	0
Pike	248	11	19	6
Pontotoc	93	3	3	1
Prentiss	70	3	24	3
Quitman	52	0	0	0
Rankin	563	10	14	0
Scott	696	12	13	2
Sharkey	9	0	0	0
Simpson	126	1	2	0
Smith	182	11	52	8
Stone	35	1	0	0
Sunflower	128	4	0	0
Tallahatchie	49	1	2	0
Tate	155	1	2	0
Tippah	100	11	0	0
Tishomingo	47	1	2	0
Tunica	67	3	12	2
Union	109	8	19	7
Walthall	111	1	0	0
Warren	280	14	39	8
Washington	276	9	7	1
Wayne	409	8	4	0
Webster	109	8	50	7
Wilkinson	85	9	5	2
Winston	158	2	0	0
Yalobusha	139	7	35	7
Yazoo	354	6	19	2
Total	20,641	938	2,266	477

–Mississippi State Department of Health