Mississippi COVID-19 cases by age group

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 254 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with four of them occurring in Lauderdale County.

The state reported 12 new deaths related to COVID-19, with seven of those identified through death certificates and occurring between Aug. 23 and Sept. 7. One of those was from Kemper County and another was from Newton County.

Mississippi has reported 89,874 COVID-19 cases and 2,697 deaths from COVID-19 since it began tracking the virus in March.

Lauderdale County’s case total is at 1,948 and death total is at 119. The Kemper County Death was its 15th and Newton County’s was its 21st.

There are 138 active outbreaks at long-term-care facilities, according to the Department of Health. An outbreak is considered any confirmed COVID-19 case among a resident of a long-term-care facility or more than one case in a 14-day period among staff or employees.

Hospitalization updates were not available Sunday.

The state presumes 74,098 people have recovered from COVID-19 in Mississippi.

Clarke County reported one new case for a total of 508; Kemper County one case for 281; Newton one case for 730; and Neshoba County two cases for 1,497.

Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the state’s health officer, is holding an hour-long Facebook live meeting for state residents at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Questions may be submitted in advance.

Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases for 2020, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

Detailed reporting of long-term care information will resume on Monday.

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
Adams	862	32
Alcorn	729	9
Amite	291	10
Attala	619	25
Benton	206	1
Bolivar	1708	60
Calhoun	502	12
Carroll	303	12
Chickasaw	621	24
Choctaw	174	5
Claiborne	447	16
Clarke	508	37
Clay	544	16
Coahoma	1072	24
Copiah	1136	33
Covington	774	19
De Soto	5154	53
Forrest	2277	68
Franklin	182	3
George	729	13
Greene	326	16
Grenada	1011	33
Hancock	538	20
Harrison	3619	69
Hinds	6816	149
Holmes	1075	56
Humphreys	362	15
Issaquena	98	3
Itawamba	690	20 *
Jackson	3290	66
Jasper	523	13
Jefferson	232	9
Jefferson Davis	313	10
Jones	2293	76
Kemper	281	15
Lafayette	1939	39
Lamar	1536	33
Lauderdale	1948	119
Lawrence	420	12
Leake	925	33
Lee	2460	64 *
Leflore	1320	79
Lincoln	1024	52
Lowndes	1364	56
Madison	3134	84
Marion	823	29
Marshall	1053	14
Monroe	1144	65
Montgomery	437	19
Neshoba	1497	102
Newton	730	21
Noxubee	539	14
Oktibbeha	1691	47
Panola	1365	26
Pearl River	822	49
Perry	374	15
Pike	1185	48
Pontotoc	1163	15
Prentiss	735	17
Quitman	354	5
Rankin	3075	72
Scott	1141	23
Sharkey	257	11
Simpson	993	40
Smith	509	13
Stone	341	11
Sunflower	1338	42
Tallahatchie	703	16
Tate	914	36
Tippah	611	16
Tishomingo	628	34
Tunica	464	13
Union	952	23
Walthall	579	24
Warren	1354	47
Washington	2123	71
Wayne	863	21
Webster	321	13
Wilkinson	290	17
Winston	717	19
Yalobusha	405	13
Yazoo	1009	23
Total	89,874	2,697

* Note: One death previously reported in Lee County has been corrected to Itawamba County.

–Mississippi State Department of Health