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Mississippi schools are beginning to report COVD-19 cases to the state department of health. 

The numbers cover public and private schools and were released on Tuesday.

The report reflects the week of Aug. 17-21 and is broken down by county, but not by individual districts or schools. 

Schools across Lauderdale County reported 29 COVID-19 cases among staff and 12 cases among students, but no outbreaks, according to the department of health. 

Among schools across Lauderdale County, 28 staff members and 72 students have been quarantined, according to the latest data. 

Among schools across Neshoba County, 22 cases were reported among students and four cases among staff, with 47 students but no staff being quarantined. No outbreaks have been reported since the start of school, according to the health department. 

Among schools across Newton County, six cases were reported among students and five cases among staff, with 47 students and six staff being quarantined. One outbreak has been reported since the start of school, according to the health department. 

Among schools across Clarke County, three cases were reported among students and two cases among staff, with 50 students and seven staff members being quarantined. One outbreak has been reported since the start of school, according to the health department. 

Numbers from schools in Kemper County are not listed in the latest report. 

Across the state, of the 720 schools in 72 counties reporting, 364 staff members and 533 students have tested positive for COVID-19 since schools reopened. The health department reported 31 outbreaks across the state since the start of the academic year.  

Officials at Biloxi High School announced Monday that students would learn virtually until at least Sept. 8, according to The Associated Press.

Extracurricular activities were also temporarily suspended, including some of the first football games of the season. The school said that 15 people in the community tested positive COVID-19 and 324 students were sent to quarantine.

Since schools began reopening in-person in late July, districts have sent almost 4,000 students and 600 teachers home to quarantine because of outbreaks, State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs said Tuesday.

An entire fourth grade class in the Lafayette County School District was sent to quarantine over the weekend after more than half of the fourth-grade teachers tested positive for the virus.

16 new cases in Lauderdale County 

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 16 new COVID-19 cases from the virus as of 6 p.m. Tuesday in Lauderdale County. The county’s totals increased to 1688 cases. The total number of deaths reported since March is 103.

Statewide, 904 new cases and 58 new deaths were reported by the Department of Health, bringing state totals to 80,110 COVID-19 cases and 2,373 deaths. Forty-four of the new deaths occurred between July 21 and Aug. 18 and were identified from death certificate reports.

The state presumes 62707 people have recovered from the virus.

There are 175 active outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities, according to the latest report.

The Department of Health reported six new cases in Neshoba County for a total of 1410; seven new cases in Newton County for a total of 641; two new cases in Clarke County for a total of 421; and one new case in Kemper County for a total of 264. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	751	31	46	12
Alcorn	580	6	12	1
Amite	265	7	14	2
Attala	576	25	90	20
Benton	191	1	2	0
Bolivar	1420	45	74	11
Calhoun	460	10	23	4
Carroll	287	11	45	9
Chickasaw	564	20	36	11
Choctaw	153	4	0	0
Claiborne	430	16	43	9
Clarke	421	28	31	9
Clay	464	14	2	1
Coahoma	926	17	75	2
Copiah	1048	31	30	4
Covington	708	17	8	3
De Soto	4421	41	49	9
Forrest	2063	62	121	35
Franklin	171	3	3	1
George	673	12	5	2
Greene	285	14	35	6
Grenada	908	30	84	16
Hancock	466	18	8	4
Harrison	3158	53	149	18
Hinds	6357	137	357	59
Holmes	1038	52	98	20
Humphreys	334	13	20	6
Issaquena	95	3	0	0
Itawamba	514	14	51	9
Jackson	2879	59	74	7
Jasper	470	13	1	0
Jefferson	213	8	8	2
Jefferson Davis	291	8	3	1
Jones	2114	69	174	35
Kemper	264	15	38	9
Lafayette	1244	34	114	24
Lamar	1400	25	9	4
Lauderdale	1688	103	212	58
Lawrence	397	10	18	1
Leake	875	31	4	0
Lee	2066	49	143	25
Leflore	1215	74	185	45
Lincoln	941	49	129	30
Lowndes	1245	53	92	28
Madison	2821	82	222	41
Marion	766	25	48	6
Marshall	907	11	19	3
Monroe	996	56	148	44
Montgomery	402	15	25	7
Neshoba	1410	99	109	37
Newton	641	13	12	2
Noxubee	514	14	17	4
Oktibbeha	1346	46	184	29
Panola	1263	23	13	2
Pearl River	718	48	66	19
Perry	289	9	0	0
Pike	1101	43	74	19
Pontotoc	1014	10	6	1
Prentiss	593	12	40	3
Quitman	306	3	0	0
Rankin	2756	59	131	16
Scott	1079	22	15	3
Sharkey	247	8	42	7
Simpson	918	39	99	19
Smith	456	13	54	8
Stone	302	9	27	3
Sunflower	1229	35	39	8
Tallahatchie	611	13	9	2
Tate	849	32	32	12
Tippah	524	15	2	0
Tishomingo	539	26	93	18
Tunica	438	11	12	2
Union	849	21	40	11
Walthall	553	24	67	13
Warren	1274	43	106	20
Washington	1964	59	79	18
Wayne	842	21	58	10
Webster	295	13	52	11
Wilkinson	277	17	8	4
Winston	691	19	40	11
Yalobusha	362	11	35	7
Yazoo	939	19	29	4
Total	80,110	2,373	4,767	976