1,031 more COVID-19 cases in Mississippi; 12 new cases in Lauderdale County

Worried about a surge of COVID-19 cases in Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves on Friday tightened restrictions in 13 counties with high rates of the coronavirus.

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

The counties include Hinds, DeSoto, Harrison, Rankin, Jackson, Washington, Sunflower, Grenada, Madison, Claiborne, Jefferson, Wayne and Quitman counties.

The criteria for counties chosen include having seen 200 new cases within the last 14 days or having had an average of 500 cases per 100,000 residents over that time, according to Mississippi Today.

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

The Mississippi State Department of Health announced an increase of 1,031 COVID-19 cases on Friday, 12 of them in Lauderdale County.

The state’s total of cases since March 11 reached 34,622, 954 of them in Lauderdale County.

The numbers are based on positive tests reported by labs as of Thursday evening.

Eleven additional deaths were reported statewide for a total of 1,215 since the state began tracking numbers.

Two of the new deaths were in Neshoba County.

Hospitalizations in the state increased to a record 711, with an additional 270 hospitalized with suspected COVID-19.

Active outbreaks of COVID-19 in long term-care facilities dropped to 109. An outbreak is one or more cases among residents or staff.

Neshoba County had 17 new COVID-19 cases on Friday and its total increased to 1,039. Newton County had 10 new cases for a total of 367; Clarke County had six new cases for a total of 217; and Kemper had three new case for a total of 183.

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	347	19	44	11
Alcorn	94	2	1	1
Amite	108	3	13	2
Attala	383	24	89	19
Benton	44	0	1	0
Bolivar	394	18	37	6
Calhoun	160	5	23	4
Carroll	174	11	45	9
Chickasaw	293	19	35	11
Choctaw	75	4	0	0
Claiborne	300	11	43	8
Clarke	217	25	19	9
Clay	256	11	2	1
Coahoma	219	6	1	0
Copiah	642	15	29	3
Covington	429	5	3	0
Desoto	1865	19	20	5
Forrest	972	43	95	29
Franklin	54	2	3	1
George	112	3	1	0
Greene	112	10	34	6
Grenada	569	8	43	5
Hancock	141	13	9	4
Harrison	1096	15	98	8
Hinds	2824	49	151	17
Holmes	579	41	98	20
Humphreys	161	10	18	6
Issaquena	10	1	0	0
Itawamba	145	8	34	7
Jackson	744	18	47	6
Jasper	271	6	1	0
Jefferson	122	3	0	0
Jefferson Davis	118	4	3	1
Jones	1185	49	157	34
Kemper	183	14	38	9
Lafayette	464	4	42	1
Lamar	522	7	3	2
Lauderdale	954	81	202	52
Lawrence	202	2	0	0
Leake	621	20	3	0
Lee	600	22	66	15
Leflore	528	56	173	41
Lincoln	519	35	114	26
Lowndes	536	13	25	6
Madison	1419	36	135	18
Marion	324	12	15	2
Marshall	276	3	6	0
Monroe	439	35	105	29
Montgomery	151	3	0	0
Neshoba	1039	76	104	29
Newton	367	10	7	1
Noxubee	277	8	15	3
Oktibbeha	589	28	132	18
Panola	432	6	2	1
Pearl River	281	32	50	12
Perry	79	4	0	0
Pike	488	20	41	10
Pontotoc	339	6	3	1
Prentiss	117	3	24	3
Quitman	97	1	0	0
Rankin	1063	15	53	0
Scott	809	15	14	2
Sharkey	47	0	1	0
Simpson	384	3	2	0
Smith	237	12	52	8
Stone	73	2	2	1
Sunflower	470	8	1	0
Tallahatchie	178	4	3	1
Tate	333	13	28	9
Tippah	144	11	0	0
Tishomingo	97	1	2	0
Tunica	121	3	12	2
Union	246	11	20	8
Walthall	249	7	2	1
Warren	577	20	39	9
Washington	700	10	13	1
Wayne	560	18	31	3
Webster	134	11	52	10
Wilkinson	96	9	5	2
Winston	296	11	38	8
Yalobusha	202	8	35	7
Yazoo	548	6	20	2
Total	34,622	1,215	2,927	586