Mississippi COVID-19 hospitalizations

Lauderdale County had five new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths in the latest count posted Thursday by the Mississippi Department of Health.

Both of Lauderdale County’s additional deaths came at long-term-care facilities.

Across the state, 517 new cases and 33 deaths were reported Thursday. Thirteen of the COVID-19 related deaths confirmed Thursday occurred between Aug. 7 and Sept. 1 and were identified from death certificate reports. One death previously reported in Lee County has been corrected to Itawamba County.

Three of the deaths reported Thursday came from Clarke County, which has had a total of 35 deaths related to COVID-19.

Since the Department of Health began tracking COVID-19 statistics in March, there have been 88,322 confirmed cases and 2,656 deaths. The state presumes 74,098 people have recovered from the virus.

In Lauderdale County, there have been 1,894 COVID-19 total cases and 117 related deaths.

Clarke County had two new cases Thursday for a total of 496; Kemper County zero cases for a total of 278; Neshoba County eight new cases for a total of 1,480; and Newton County nine new cases for a total of 710.

Long-term-care facilities have reported 53 new cases among residents and 19 deaths, according to the Department of Health. There are 146 active outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities, according to the Department of Health. None of the new outbreaks occurred in Lauderdale County.

As of Tuesday, 525 patients with confirmed COVID-19 infections were hospitalized, 185 of them in ICU units.

“The numbers are falling quickly because of your hard work,” Gov. Tate Reeves said in a news briefing Thursday. “Keep doing what you are doing.” 

 “But make no mistake,” Reeves warned. “We are still in the fight.” 

Reeves also gave an update on ReSkillMS, a state initiative that provides retraining for Mississippi workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of Sept. 5, 2,071 Mississippians were enrolled and participating in short-term training or on-the-job training through the program, and 71 employers were expanding as a result of the initiative, he said.  

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	832	32	46	12
Alcorn	696	9	18	2
Amite	286	9	14	2
Attala	611	25	90	20
Benton	207	1	2	0
Bolivar	1678	58	163	21
Calhoun	497	12	25	4
Carroll	298	12	45	9
Chickasaw	613	24	43	13
Choctaw	166	4	2	0
Claiborne	443	16	43	9
Clarke	496	35	55	15
Clay	517	16	3	1
Coahoma	1063	23	78	2
Copiah	1135	32	47	4
Covington	744	18	17	4
De Soto	5020	54	62	12
Forrest	2248	68	157	40
Franklin	182	3	3	1
George	717	13	21	4
Greene	318	16	36	6
Grenada	988	32	103	18
Hancock	529	20	9	4
Harrison	3563	66	233	27
Hinds	6735	148	380	61
Holmes	1070	56	99	20
Humphreys	352	15	21	6
Issaquena	98	3	0	0
Itawamba	662	18*	54	11
Jackson	3244	65	75	7
Jasper	511	13	1	0
Jefferson	230	9	12	3
Jefferson Davis	311	10	3	1
Jones	2253	76	178	36
Kemper	278	14	39	9
Lafayette	1847	39	122	28
Lamar	1527	33	25	11
Lauderdale	1894	117	248	68
Lawrence	417	11	27	2
Leake	913	33	11	0
Lee	2415	64*	149	30
Leflore	1292	76	187	45
Lincoln	1014	52	136	31
Lowndes	1334	56	96	32
Madison	3095	84	235	45
Marion	809	28	67	8
Marshall	1034	14	29	6
Monroe	1124	64	152	47
Montgomery	429	19	34	9
Neshoba	1480	102	111	37
Newton	710	20	34	7
Noxubee	534	14	18	4
Oktibbeha	1628	46	191	30
Panola	1344	26	13	2
Pearl River	801	49	70	20
Perry	365	12	4	0
Pike	1181	46	80	21
Pontotoc	1142	15	6	1
Prentiss	713	15	48	3
Quitman	352	5	0	0
Rankin	3035	71	151	18
Scott	1130	23	17	3
Sharkey	256	11	43	8
Simpson	979	40	104	19
Smith	496	13	54	8
Stone	339	11	44	7
Sunflower	1326	42	55	10
Tallahatchie	697	14	21	2
Tate	902	35	32	12
Tippah	586	16	3	0
Tishomingo	607	33	96	24
Tunica	461	13	12	2
Union	938	23	46	11
Walthall	579	24	67	13
Warren	1347	46	113	22
Washington	2090	70	106	23
Wayne	863	21	59	10
Webster	317	13	52	11
Wilkinson	287	17	15	4
Winston	710	19	40	11
Yalobusha	393	13	35	7
Yazoo	999	23	46	6
Total	88,322	2,656	5,481	1,102

* Note: One death previously reported from Lee County should have been included in Itawamba County’s data. This update is reflected in the data above.

–Mississippi State Department of Health