Mississippi COVID-19 hospitalizations

Following a couple of days of decline, new COVID-19 cases ticked back up in Mississippi.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 795 new cases and 34 new deaths on Tuesday.

Of the new cases, 12 were reported in Lauderdale County to bring the county total to 1.509. One of the new deaths Tuesday came from Lauderdale County, which has reported 99 total deaths since the state began tracking COVID-19 statistics in March.

Mississippi has reported 73,207 total cases of COVID-19 since March and 2,128 deaths from the virus.

The Department of Health presumes 56,577 people have recovered from COVID-19.

Seven of the reported deaths on Tuesday occurred between July 21 and Aug. 9 and were identified from death certificates. One of the deaths previously reported in Hinds County was in error and has been removed, according to the Department of Health.

Tuesday’s cases include 54 among residents of long-term care facilities and there have been eight additional deaths of residents, according to the Department of Health.

Neshoba County reported nine new cases Tuesday for a total of 1,337; Newton County three cases for 591; Clarke County 3 cases for 375 and Kemper County two cases for 253.

The state had reported 276 new cases on Monday and 381 new cases on Sunday.

The health department is planning free COVID-19 testing on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Pearl River Resort’s Silver Star Hotel and Casino parking garage. You do not need to have symptoms or an appointment to be tested.

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	679	28	46	12
Alcorn	465	6	10	1
Amite	252	6	14	2
Attala	553	25	90	20
Benton	169	1	2	0
Bolivar	1251	41	71	11
Calhoun	437	9	23	4
Carroll	268	11	45	9
Chickasaw	518	19	36	11
Choctaw	143	4	0	0
Claiborne	416	15	43	9
Clarke	375	28	31	9
Clay	430	14	2	1
Coahoma	834	14	73	2
Copiah	991	30	30	4
Covington	672	17	7	3
De Soto	3983	34	45	7
Forrest	1937	59	106	33
Franklin	157	2	3	1
George	641	10	5	2
Greene	276	13	35	6
Grenada	878	27	83	15
Hancock	432	17	8	4
Harrison	2836	40	148	16
Hinds	5995	128*	311	55
Holmes	964	50	98	20
Humphreys	313	12	20	6
Issaquena	28	2	0	0
Itawamba	440	12	47	8
Jackson	2518	48	74	7
Jasper	435	11	1	0
Jefferson	202	8	8	2
Jefferson Davis	255	7	3	1
Jones	2007	66	173	35
Kemper	253	14	38	9
Lafayette	1084	23	91	17
Lamar	1298	22	8	3
Lauderdale	1509	99	212	57
Lawrence	347	8	17	1
Leake	818	27	4	0
Lee	1780	43	101	20
Leflore	1002	70	184	44
Lincoln	885	45	124	28
Lowndes	1153	46	90	28
Madison	2583	75	214	37
Marion	716	23	47	6
Marshall	795	10	18	2
Monroe	893	55	147	44
Montgomery	373	10	16	5
Neshoba	1337	96	109	36
Newton	591	12	10	1
Noxubee	489	12	17	4
Oktibbeha	1205	43	179	28
Panola	1152	18	9	1
Pearl River	618	42	66	18
Perry	266	8	0	0
Pike	1011	39	73	19
Pontotoc	900	9	6	1
Prentiss	506	11	30	3
Quitman	279	2	0	0
Rankin	2456	43	115	11
Scott	1040	21	15	3
Sharkey	220	7	42	6
Simpson	867	36	93	17
Smith	429	13	54	8
Stone	259	6	23	2
Sunflower	1127	30	31	7
Tallahatchie	580	11	9	2
Tate	781	31	33	12
Tippah	451	14	1	0
Tishomingo	478	13	47	5
Tunica	387	9	12	2
Union	780	19	38	11
Walthall	530	23	66	12
Warren	1204	37	99	18
Washington	1834	48	65	15
Wayne	813	21	58	10
Webster	257	13	52	11
Wilkinson	239	14	8	4
Winston	653	18	40	11
Yalobusha	329	10	35	7
Yazoo	900	15	28	3
Total	73,207	2,128	4,465	905

Note: One death previously reported in Hinds County was determined not be a COVID-19-related death. The data above has been edited to reflect this update.

–Mississippi State Department of Health