The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 1,134 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, for a total of 59,881 and 30 additional deaths, for a total of 1,693 deaths statewide. Six of the deaths occurred between July 5 and July 26 and were identified through death certificates, the health department said. 

MSDH reported five new cases in Lauderdale County, for a total of 1,321 and 88 total deaths. 

As of Saturday’s update, 968 Mississippi patients were being hospitalized with COVID-19 and 204 more were being hospitalized with suspected infection. 

Health officials reported 202 active outbreaks in long-term care facilities. 

Records show 297 cases and 25 deaths in Clarke County, 223 cases and 15 deaths in Kemper County, 1,190 cases and 87 deaths in Neshoba County and 514 cases and 11 deaths in Newton County. 

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

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	578	25	45	12
Alcorn	349	4	1	1
Amite	204	5 *	13	2
Attala	495	24	89	20
Benton	124	0	1	0
Bolivar	933	32	48	9
Calhoun	373	8	23	4
Carroll	245	11	45	9
Chickasaw	427	19	35	11
Choctaw	125	4	0	0
Claiborne	399	13	43	9
Clarke	297	25	19	9
Clay	364	14	2	1
Coahoma	648	10	4	2
Copiah	903	23	30	3
Covington	576	11	4	1
De Soto	3215	27	41	6
Forrest	1615	51	99	31
Franklin	111	2 *	3	1
George	539	5	1	0
Greene	226	11	35	6
Grenada	805	20	71	11
Hancock	324	14	8	4
Harrison	2067	32	126	14
Hinds	5176	106	237	47
Holmes	835	46	97	20
Humphreys	265	11	19	6
Issaquena	21	1	0	0
Itawamba	306	10	34	7
Jackson	1874	34	68	7
Jasper	373	8	1	0
Jefferson	191	6	6	1
Jefferson Davis	196	6	3	1
Jones	1740	57	168	35
Kemper	223	15	38	9
Lafayette	861	9	67	5
Lamar	1105	12	3	2
Lauderdale	1321	88	205	56
Lawrence	307	5	14	0
Leake	762	25	5	0
Lee	1194	30	66	15
Leflore	827	59	184	42
Lincoln	735	39	115	27
Lowndes	958	30	64	16
Madison	2272	53	172	26
Marion	594	18	15	2
Marshall	556	8	12	1
Monroe	687	50	126	41
Montgomery	291	3	0	0
Neshoba	1190	87	107	35
Newton	514	11	8	1
Noxubee	414	10	16	3
Oktibbeha	1044	34	168	22
Panola	896	11	5	1
Pearl River	480	36	53	14
Perry	213	7	0	0
Pike	819	32	67	15
Pontotoc	716	7	4	1
Prentiss	331	6	24	3
Quitman	220	1	0	0
Rankin	2111	28	87	10
Scott	951	17	15	3
Sharkey	180	1	6	1
Simpson	707	26	15	11
Smith	374	13	54	8
Stone	146	3	2	1
Sunflower	903	22	11	2
Tallahatchie	446	10	7	2
Tate	638	22	31	11
Tippah	294	12	0	0
Tishomingo	306	3	2	0
Tunica	252	6	12	2
Union	513	13	20	8
Walthall	439	18	57	9
Warren	964	25	80	11
Washington	1457	32	39	10
Wayne	731	21	56	10
Webster	195	12	52	11
Wilkinson	183	12	8	2
Winston	566	15	40	11
Yalobusha	312	10	35	7
Yazoo	764	11	21	2
Total	59,881	1,693	3,607	759

* Note: A death previously reported in Franklin County has been corrected to Amite County.

–Mississippi State Department of Health