COVID-19 hospitalizations reported as of July 8, 2020.

The Mississippi State Department of Health announced an increase of 703 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, five of them in Lauderdale County.

The state’s total of cases since March 11 reached 33,591, 942 of them in Lauderdale County. The numbers are based on positive tests reported by labs as of Wednesday evening.

Sixteen additional deaths were reported state-wide for a total of 1,204 since the state began tracking numbers. One of the new deaths was in Neshoba County, based on a death certificate filed between June 28 and July 8.

 

Hospitalizations in the state increased to a record 686, with an additional 255 hospitalized with suspected COVID-19.

Forty-nine of the new cases and 10 of the deaths reported Thursday were from residents of long-term care facilities, according to the state. Active outbreaks of COVID-19 in long term-care facilities have increased to 110. An outbreak is one or more cases among residents or staff.

“Mississippi is in a fight for our lives,” said Gov. Tate Reeves during a press briefing on Thursday.

Reeves said early next week he plans to tighten restrictions in more than a dozen counties with high rates of COVID-19, including Hinds, Desoto, Harrison, Wayne and Quitman Counties. 

The orders will be similar to restrictions placed on Lauderdale, Neshoba, and other East Mississippi counties in May, Reeves said. 

Masks will be required at public gatherings, Indoor gatherings will be limited to 10 people and outdoor gatherings will be limited to 20 people. 

Neshoba County had six new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and its total increased to 1,022. Newton County had five new cases for a total of 357; Clarke County had three new cases for a total of 211; and Kemper had one new case for a total of 180.

The 18-29-year-old age group has the most cases with 7,009, followed by the 30-39-year-old group with 5,264 and 40-49-year-old group with 5,248.

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	340	19	44	11
Alcorn	85	2	1	1
Amite	106	3	13	2
Attala	375	24	89	19
Benton	42	0	1	0
Bolivar	380	18	36	6
Calhoun	147	5	23	4
Carroll	173	11	45	9
Chickasaw	292	19	36	11
Choctaw	75	4	0	0
Claiborne	293	10	43	8
Clarke	214	25	19	9
Clay	255	11	2	1
Coahoma	215	6	0	0
Copiah	631	15	29	3
Covington	419	5	2	0
Desoto	1818	18	20	5
Forrest	939	43	95	29
Franklin	49	2	3	1
George	102	3	1	0
Greene	108	10	34	6
Grenada	535	7	43	4
Hancock	138	13	9	4
Harrison	1040	14	96	7
Hinds	2697	48	149	17
Holmes	573	41	98	20
Humphreys	159	10	18	6
Issaquena	10	1	0	0
Itawamba	141	8	34	7
Jackson	727	17	46	5
Jasper	267	6	1	0
Jefferson	117	3	0	0
Jefferson Davis	116	4	3	1
Jones	1173	49	157	34
Kemper	180	14	38	9
Lafayette	437	4	42	1
Lamar	502	7	3	2
Lauderdale	942	81	202	52
Lawrence	199	2	0	0
Leake	613	20	3	0
Lee	586	21	65	14
Leflore	522	56	173	41
Lincoln	509	35	111	26
Lowndes	526	13	25	6
Madison	1382	36	135	18
Marion	313	12	15	2
Marshall	269	3	6	0
Monroe	436	35	99	29
Montgomery	149	3	0	0
Neshoba	1022	74	102	27
Newton	357	10	7	1
Noxubee	275	8	15	3
Oktibbeha	568	28	130	18
Panola	399	6	2	1
Pearl River	276	32	50	12
Perry	76	4	0	0
Pike	470	20	41	10
Pontotoc	326	6	3	1
Prentiss	112	3	24	3
Quitman	89	1	0	0
Rankin	1035	15	33	0
Scott	792	15	14	2
Sharkey	42	0	1	0
Simpson	373	3	2	0
Smith	234	12	52	8
Stone	73	2	2	1
Sunflower	452	8	1	0
Tallahatchie	166	4	3	1
Tate	323	13	28	9
Tippah	144	11	0	0
Tishomingo	92	1	2	0
Tunica	119	3	12	2
Union	238	11	20	8
Walthall	226	7	2	1
Warren	553	20	39	9
Washington	643	10	13	1
Wayne	554	16	31	3
Webster	128	11	52	10
Wilkinson	95	9	5	2
Winston	287	11	34	8
Yalobusha	193	8	35	7
Yazoo	543	6	20	2
Total	33,591	1,204	2,882	580

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information about residence.

–Mississippi State Department of Health