Mississippi COVID-19 map posted July 25.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 1,434 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, for a total of 51,097 and 17 additional deaths, for a total of 1,480 deaths statewide.

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 that are hospitalized in Mississippi are 961, and 211 cases of suspected COVID-19 are currently hospitalized in Mississippi.

Lauderdale County added 40 new cases Saturday, for a total of 1,199 cases and 84 deaths. Of those, 203 cases and 55 deaths have been reported in long-term care facilities in Lauderdale County. A citywide mask order went into effect in Meridian at noon Saturday until further notice.

Under the order, employees and customers must wear masks inside businesses as well as everyone over age 2 in public places, according to Mayor Percy Bland.

Some exceptions include outdoor exercise, pumping gas, driving alone or with passengers of the same household, in cases of greater health or safety risk, while eating or drinking in restaurants or bars or while working in non-public spaces where six feet of distance can be maintained.

Businesses or individuals in violation will first receive a warning, according to the order. A second citations will result in a $250 fine for a business and a $100 fine for an individual. 

The department of health reported five new cases in Neshoba County for a total of 1,143 cases and 82 deaths; nine new cases in Newton County for a total of 467 cases and 10 deaths; 10 new cases in Clarke County for a total of 275 cases and 25 deaths; and one new case in Kemper County for a total of 207 cases and 15 deaths.

A total of 436,973 tests for COVID-19 have been conducted as of July 24. A total of 30,315 people are presumed to have recovered from COVID-19 as of July 19.

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	490	22	44	11
Alcorn	267	3	1	1
Amite	172	4	13	2
Attala	456	23	89	19
Benton	88	0	1	0
Bolivar	741	25	42	7
Calhoun	335	8	23	4
Carroll	231	11	45	9
Chickasaw	385	19	35	11
Choctaw	105	4	0	0
Claiborne	373	12	43	9
Clarke	275	25	19	9
Clay	335	13	2	1
Coahoma	508	7	2	0
Copiah	810	21	30	3
Covington	523	8	3	1
De Soto	2784	23	30	6
Forrest	1373	46	97	29
Franklin	83	2	3	1
George	233	5	1	0
Greene	187	10	34	6
Grenada	760	16	62	9
Hancock	247	14	8	4
Harrison	1774	25	116	12
Hinds	4413	82	206	30
Holmes	737	44	97	20
Humphreys	241	10	19	6
Issaquena	18	1	0	0
Itawamba	243	9	34	7
Jackson	1552	26	68	6
Jasper	329	6	1	0
Jefferson	158	4	3	0
Jefferson Davis	170	5	3	1
Jones	1522	54	162	35
Kemper	207	15	38	9
Lafayette	700	4	43	1
Lamar	923	10	3	2
Lauderdale	1199	84	203	55
Lawrence	269	3	1	0
Leake	723	24	4	0
Lee	968	26	66	15
Leflore	719	57	184	41
Lincoln	661	38	115	27
Lowndes	794	22	54	11
Madison	2026	50	159	23
Marion	487	15	15	2
Marshall	443	5	12	1
Monroe	572	44	124	37
Montgomery	249	3	0	0
Neshoba	1143	82	107	34
Newton	467	10	7	1
Noxubee	361	10	16	3
Oktibbeha	800	31	132	19
Panola	711	9	3	1
Pearl River	419	34	52	14
Perry	164	6	0	0
Pike	703	28	60	13
Pontotoc	595	6	3	1
Prentiss	245	6	24	3
Quitman	159	1	0	0
Rankin	1763	23	66	8
Scott	926	16	15	3
Sharkey	102	0	1	0
Simpson	613	12	7	3
Smith	347	12	53	8
Stone	121	2	2	1
Sunflower	771	14	5	1
Tallahatchie	344	5	6	2
Tate	550	19	29	11
Tippah	232	11	0	0
Tishomingo	219	3	2	0
Tunica	180	4	12	2
Union	402	12	20	8
Walthall	386	15	54	8
Warren	842	23	48	9
Washington	1261	23	29	7
Wayne	669	21	54	8
Webster	161	11	52	10
Wilkinson	145	12	5	2
Winston	475	14	40	10
Yalobusha	275	9	35	7
Yazoo	688	9	21	2
Total	51,097	1,480	3,317	682

Mississippi State Department of Health