COVID-19 hospitalizations climb to new record high in Mississippi

Mississippi reached a record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations for the second time in less than a week, with 560 Mississippians hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 infection and 219 hospitalized with suspected infection, records show.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported seven new cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County Tuesday, for a total of 879 and 78 total deaths.

Of the county’s totals, 201 cases and 51 deaths involved patients who lived in long-term care facilities, records show.

Statewide, active outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities have risen to 95, the health department said.

MSDH reported 680 new COVID-19 cases in Mississippi Tuesday, for a total of 27,247 and 14 additional deaths, for a total of 1,073 deaths statewide.

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	263	18	44	10
Alcorn	55	1	1	0
Amite	81	2	12	2
Attala	350	23	89	19
Benton	27	0	1	0
Bolivar	261	13	28	4
Calhoun	119	4	23	4
Carroll	157	11	45	9
Chickasaw	254	18	36	11
Choctaw	71	4	0	0
Claiborne	228	10	43	8
Clarke	198	24	19	9
Clay	240	10	0	0
Coahoma	183	6	0	0
Copiah	562	14	29	3
Covington	290	5	1	0
Desoto	1311	15	18	4
Forrest	798	42	95	29
Franklin	38	2	3	1
George	73	3	1	0
Greene	91	7	34	5
Grenada	367	5	21	2
Hancock	120	13	8	4
Harrison	719	8	22	2
Hinds	2111	39	130	14
Holmes	520	40	98	20
Humphreys	120	9	18	6
Issaquena	6	1	0	0
Itawamba	122	8	34	7
Jackson	505	16	43	5
Jasper	245	6	0	0
Jefferson	84	3	0	0
Jefferson Davis	103	4	3	1
Jones	1061	49	144	32
Kemper	174	13	38	9
Lafayette	339	4	42	1
Lamar	407	7	3	2
Lauderdale	879	78	201	51
Lawrence	154	1	0	0
Leake	547	19	3	0
Lee	477	16	61	10
Leflore	469	48	168	33
Lincoln	434	34	111	26
Lowndes	444	11	21	6
Madison	1206	34	133	18
Marion	240	11	15	2
Marshall	196	3	4	0
Monroe	355	29	94	24
Montgomery	116	2	0	0
Neshoba	952	68	86	26
Newton	328	9	4	0
Noxubee	245	8	15	3
Oktibbeha	483	24	111	18
Panola	254	6	2	1
Pearl River	239	32	47	12
Perry	59	4	0	0
Pike	356	12	27	6
Pontotoc	231	4	3	1
Prentiss	97	3	24	3
Quitman	67	0	0	0
Rankin	816	12	27	0
Scott	742	15	13	2
Sharkey	24	0	0	0
Simpson	218	3	2	0
Smith	204	11	52	8
Stone	51	1	0	0
Sunflower	280	6	0	0
Tallahatchie	94	3	2	1
Tate	245	7	18	5
Tippah	121	11	0	0
Tishomingo	65	1	2	0
Tunica	89	3	12	2
Union	172	9	20	8
Walthall	169	4	0	0
Warren	425	17	39	9
Washington	465	9	8	1
Wayne	515	11	23	2
Webster	123	10	52	9
Wilkinson	89	9	5	2
Winston	240	5	25	2
Yalobusha	152	7	35	7
Yazoo	467	6	19	2
Total	27,247	1,073	2,610	523

The agency reported 198 cases and 24 deaths in Clarke County, 174 cases and 13 deaths in Kemper County, 952 cases and 68 deaths in Neshoba County and 328 cases and nine deaths in Newton County.