Mississippi COVID-19 hospitalizations posted July 20.

Mississippi set a daily record of new COVID-19 cases Monday with the Mississippi State Department of Health, reporting 1,251 new cases and three new deaths.

The previous single day record was 1,230 on July 16.

The state total of COVID-19 cases is 43,889 and the death total is at 1,358.

Mississippi also set a record for the total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 infection, 943, with 219 others hospitalized with suspected infection, according to State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs.

A COVID-19 outbreak at the Mississippi Legislature has led to 45 confirmed cases, including 31 among legislators, according to Dobbs.

Dobbs said in a news conference Monday that 40 percent of all ICU patients have coronavirus, up from 31 percent Friday.

Nine hospitals in the state have no ICU beds available and 16 hospitals have less than 10 percent ICU capacity, he said.

“If we don’t see a decrease in transmission immediately, then it’s pretty likely that the health care system is going to be thoroughly overwhelmed,” he said. “There’s a price for everything. There’s no free lunch, and we’re paying the price for what happened Fourth of July right now. And we’re going to pay the price for what’s happening right now in three or four weeks from now.”

The health department presumes 30,315 people have recovered statewide.

MSDH reported 15 new cases in Lauderdale County Monday for a total of 1,090 and 83 total deaths.

Neshoba County had 12 new cases Monday for a total of 1,086; Kemper County four for a total of 198; Clarke had three for a total of 253. Newton had no new cases and remains at 435.

Gov. Tate Reeves added 10 counties Monday to a list of those with stricter measures in place, including Bolivar, Covington, Forrest, Humphreys, Panola, Sharkey, Simpson, Tallahatchie, Tate, and Walthall.

Along with Claiborne, DeSoto, Grenada, Harrison, Hinds, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Quitman, Rankin, Sunflower, Washington, and Wayne counties, the new counties will have restrictions limiting social gatherings to 10 people indoors and 20 outdoors.

Employees of all businesses in those counties are required to keep at least six feet from other employees or wear a face mask.

In retail businesses, all customers and employees who are in contact with the public must wear a mask.

Lauderdale Emergency Management Agency will host a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21.

The testing, which is available by appointment only, will be located at the Lauderdale County Agri-Center at 1022 Highway 19 South.

To set up an appointment, go to umc.edu/covidscreening and complete the online questionnaire or call 601-496-7200.

The Mississippi State Department of Health and the University of Mississippi Medical Center will be conducting the testing.

Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases for 2020, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information. The data provided below is the most current available.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	429	22	44	11
Alcorn	161	2	1	1
Amite	143	4	13	2
Attala	406	23	89	19
Benton	77	0	1	0
Bolivar	570	18	42	6
Calhoun	249	5	23	4
Carroll	220	11	45	9
Chickasaw	342	19	35	11
Choctaw	91	4	0	0
Claiborne	344	11	43	9
Clarke	253	25	19	9
Clay	299	12	2	1
Coahoma	422	7	1	0
Copiah	755	20	30	3
Covington	469	6	3	0
Desoto	2394	20	23	5
Forrest	1197	45	96	29
Franklin	72	2	3	1
George	179	3	1	0
Greene	157	10	34	6
Grenada	711	15	52	8
Hancock	204	14	8	4
Harrison	1456	18	91	10
Hinds	3691	70	161	25
Holmes	640	43	97	20
Humphreys	209	10	19	6
Issaquena	15	1	0	0
Itawamba	191	8	34	7
Jackson	1115	22	63	6
Jasper	291	6	1	0
Jefferson	142	3	3	0
Jefferson Davis	153	4	3	1
Jones	1382	53	158	35
Kemper	198	15	38	9
Lafayette	596	4	42	1
Lamar	807	8	3	2
Lauderdale	1090	83	203	54
Lawrence	208	2	0	0
Leake	683	21	3	0
Lee	820	24	66	15
Leflore	648	56	184	41
Lincoln	602	36	115	27
Lowndes	650	17	44	8
Madison	1740	45	146	21
Marion	414	12	15	2
Marshall	384	4	12	1
Monroe	518	44	124	37
Montgomery	224	3	0	0
Neshoba	1086	81	107	33
Newton	435	10	7	1
Noxubee	312	10	16	3
Oktibbeha	697	27	132	18
Panola	576	6	3	1
Pearl River	371	32	52	12
Perry	117	5	0	0
Pike	596	25	50	12
Pontotoc	495	6	3	1
Prentiss	192	6	24	3
Quitman	129	1	0	0
Rankin	1459	22	63	8
Scott	886	16	15	3
Sharkey	65	0	1	0
Simpson	537	5	3	0
Smith	307	12	53	8
Stone	104	2	2	1
Sunflower	656	11	3	0
Tallahatchie	293	4	5	1
Tate	486	18	28	10
Tippah	193	11	0	0
Tishomingo	165	1	2	0
Tunica	147	3	12	2
Union	325	11	20	8
Walthall	353	12	54	6
Warren	727	22	41	9
Washington	1056	18	28	6
Wayne	636	20	53	8
Webster	144	11	52	10
Wilkinson	129	11	5	2
Winston	348	13	40	10
Yalobusha	237	9	35	7
Yazoo	619	7	20	2
Total	43,889	1,358	3,162	651

Mississippi State Department of Health