Mississippi COVID-19 hospitalizations

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 735 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday and 14 additional deaths.

State totals are at 82,029 cases and 2,427 deaths since the Department of Health began tracking statistics in March.

Lauderdale County had five of the new cases and none of the new deaths.

Hospitalizations of patients with confirmed coronavirus have decreased and leveled off in recent weeks and stand at 674 as of numbers reported Saturday. On Aug. 11, 972 people were hospitalized with COVID-19. The state reported 215 people in intensive care for COVID-19 on Saturday.

One of the new deaths reported on Saturday was from Clarke County. It had previously been reported as a Wayne County death. Clarke County’s death total is 30.

The health department reported six new cases in Clarke County for a total of 437; three in Kemper County for 269; seven in Newton County for 660; and two in Neshoba County for 1,418.

There are 24 new cases of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities for a total of 157 active outbreaks. An outbreak is considered any confirmed case of COVID-19 among residents or one case in a 14-day period among staff or employees of the facility.

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by 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	780	31	46	12
Alcorn	616	6	17	1
Amite	272	7	14	2
Attala	581	25	90	20
Benton	193	1	2	0
Bolivar	1462	48	77	12
Calhoun	468	10	23	4
Carroll	289	12	45	9
Chickasaw	581	20	36	11
Choctaw	154	4	0	0
Claiborne	435	16	43	9
Clarke	437	30 *	31	9
Clay	469	14	2	1
Coahoma	969	17	77	2
Copiah	1056	31	30	4
Covington	716	17	9	4
De Soto	4548	43	49	9
Forrest	2119	61	121	35
Franklin	175	3	3	1
George	679	12	5	2
Greene	290	14	35	6
Grenada	934	32	88	17
Hancock	487	18	8	4
Harrison	3268	53	149	18
Hinds	6473	138	360	59
Holmes	1039	54	98	20
Humphreys	335	14	20	6
Issaquena	97	3	0	0
Itawamba	545	14	51	9
Jackson	2946	59	74	7
Jasper	479	13	1	0
Jefferson	217	9	8	2
Jefferson Davis	302	8	3	1
Jones	2146	72	174	35
Kemper	269	15	38	9
Lafayette	1377	34	121	24
Lamar	1432	29	10	5
Lauderdale	1737	106	213	58
Lawrence	402	10	18	1
Leake	878	31	4	0
Lee	2139	54	144	27
Leflore	1229	75	185	45
Lincoln	962	51	129	30
Lowndes	1272	53	92	28
Madison	2939	83	223	41
Marion	775	26	48	6
Marshall	934	12	27	5
Monroe	1025	57	148	44
Montgomery	406	16	25	7
Neshoba	1418	99	109	37
Newton	660	14	14	3
Noxubee	518	14	17	4
Oktibbeha	1404	46	185	29
Panola	1288	23	13	2
Pearl River	743	48	66	19
Perry	290	9	0	0
Pike	1124	44	74	19
Pontotoc	1049	11	6	1
Prentiss	612	12	47	3
Quitman	319	3	0	0
Rankin	2817	62	131	17
Scott	1091	22	15	3
Sharkey	249	8	42	7
Simpson	936	39	100	20
Smith	463	13	54	8
Stone	310	10	27	3
Sunflower	1252	36	50	8
Tallahatchie	623	13	9	2
Tate	853	32	32	12
Tippah	538	15	2	0
Tishomingo	547	28	93	20
Tunica	448	11	12	2
Union	876	21	40	11
Walthall	563	24	67	13
Warren	1303	46	107	22
Washington	1982	60	82	20
Wayne	846	21 *	58	10
Webster	298	13	52	11
Wilkinson	276	17	8	4
Winston	691	19	40	11
Yalobusha	359	12	35	7
Yazoo	950	21	29	4
Total	82,029	2,427	4,830	993

* Note: A death previously reported in Wayne County has been corrected to Clarke County.

–Mississippi State Department of Health