Mississippi reports 956 new COVID-19 cases; Lauderdale County adds 11 cases
Published 1:20 pm Thursday, August 6, 2020
- Mississippi COVID-19 map posted Aug. 6
State health officials reported 956 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi Thursday, for a total of 64,400 and 21 additional deaths for a total of 1,825 deaths.
In Lauderdale County, the health department reported 11 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 1,390 and 90 total deaths.
Records show 324 cases and 25 deaths in Clarke County, 228 cases and 15 deaths in Kemper County, 1,278 cases and 91 deaths in Neshoba County and 535 cases and 11 deaths in Newton County.
As of the latest update, 977 Mississippi patients were being hospitalized with COVID-19 and 207 others were being hospitalized with suspected infection.
At Anderson Regional Medical Center, MSDH records as of Wednesday show five available adult ICU beds out of 29, three available staffed beds out of 116, 26 total COVID-19 patients and 10 adult COVID-19 patients in the ICU.
At Rush Foundation Hospital, MSDH records as of Wednesday show four available adult ICU beds out of 23, 67 available staffed beds out of 114, 15 total confirmed COVID-19 patients and six adult COVID-19 patients in the ICU.
There are now 173 active outbreaks in long-term care facilities, the health department said.
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 | 602 | 25 | 46 | 12 |
| Alcorn | 382 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Amite | 220 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
| Attala | 513 | 24 | 89 | 20 |
| Benton | 133 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bolivar | 1163 | 33 | 47 | 9 |
| Calhoun | 400 | 9 | 23 | 4 |
| Carroll | 254 | 11 | 45 | 9 |
| Chickasaw | 441 | 19 | 35 | 11 |
| Choctaw | 130 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Claiborne | 399 | 13 | 43 | 9 |
| Clarke | 324 | 25 | 19 | 9 |
| Clay | 382 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Coahoma | 697 | 11 | 16 | 2 |
| Copiah | 941 | 28 | 30 | 4 |
| Covington | 607 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| De Soto | 3523 | 28 | 43 | 6 |
| Forrest | 1721 | 55 | 100 | 31 |
| Franklin | 116 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| George | 548 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Greene | 231 | 11 | 35 | 6 |
| Grenada | 830 | 21 | 76 | 12 |
| Hancock | 363 | 14 | 8 | 4 |
| Harrison | 2378 | 35 | 141 | 15 |
| Hinds | 5487 | 116 | 260 | 52 |
| Holmes | 863 | 48 | 97 | 20 |
| Humphreys | 282 | 11 | 19 | 6 |
| Issaquena | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Itawamba | 337 | 10 | 34 | 7 |
| Jackson | 2201 | 42 | 68 | 7 |
| Jasper | 381 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 194 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Jefferson Davis | 226 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Jones | 1842 | 58 | 169 | 35 |
| Kemper | 228 | 15 | 38 | 9 |
| Lafayette | 937 | 14 | 83 | 11 |
| Lamar | 1184 | 14 | 4 | 2 |
| Lauderdale | 1390 | 90 | 205 | 56 |
| Lawrence | 306 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Leake | 779 | 25 | 4 | 0 |
| Lee | 1332 | 32 | 77 | 15 |
| Leflore | 893 | 62 | 184 | 42 |
| Lincoln | 790 | 41 | 119 | 28 |
| Lowndes | 1039 | 35 * | 72 | 19 |
| Madison | 2387 | 63 | 180 | 32 |
| Marion | 638 | 19 | 15 | 2 |
| Marshall | 638 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Monroe | 747 | 51 * | 143 | 42 |
| Montgomery | 307 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Neshoba | 1278 | 91 | 108 | 35 |
| Newton | 535 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| Noxubee | 444 | 11 | 16 | 3 |
| Oktibbeha | 1090 | 37 | 176 | 24 |
| Panola | 980 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| Pearl River | 520 | 37 | 57 | 15 |
| Perry | 220 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Pike | 877 | 34 | 72 | 16 |
| Pontotoc | 791 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| Prentiss | 386 | 9 | 25 | 3 |
| Quitman | 240 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rankin | 2220 | 32 | 90 | 10 |
| Scott | 987 | 20 | 15 | 3 |
| Sharkey | 190 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Simpson | 779 | 30 | 28 | 14 |
| Smith | 394 | 13 | 54 | 8 |
| Stone | 163 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Sunflower | 967 | 23 | 13 | 2 |
| Tallahatchie | 407 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| Tate | 692 | 27 | 34 | 12 |
| Tippah | 325 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Tishomingo | 350 | 5 | 30 | 0 |
| Tunica | 317 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| Union | 562 | 15 | 26 | 8 |
| Walthall | 489 | 19 | 65 | 9 |
| Warren | 1007 | 31 | 90 | 14 |
| Washington | 1582 | 37 | 46 | 13 |
| Wayne | 749 | 21 | 57 | 10 |
| Webster | 216 | 12 | 52 | 11 |
| Wilkinson | 194 | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| Winston | 604 | 15 | 40 | 11 |
| Yalobusha | 307 | 10 | 35 | 7 |
| Yazoo | 807 | 12 | 21 | 2 |
| Total | 64,400 | 1,825 | 3,838 | 800 |
* Note: A death previously reported in Monroe County has been corrected to Lowndes County.
–Mississippi State Department of Health
