Mississippi COVID-19 cases and deaths by age group

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 12 new COVID-19 cases in Lauderdale County on Wednesday, bringing the county’s total to 1,977.

There were no additional COVID-19 related deaths in the county as its total remained 122.

Six of Lauderdale County’s new COVID-19 cases came from long-term-care facilities, with its total increasing to 71.

The Department of health reported 711 new COVID-19 cases and 22 related deaths across the state on Wednesday.

Six of the additional deaths occurred between Aug. 23 and Sept. 3 and were identified from death certificates. One of those deaths occurred in Neshoba County.

Mississippi has reported 91,234 COVID-19 cases and 2,756 deaths since it began tracking the virus in March. The state presumes 78,971 people have recovered from COVID-19.

In long-term-care facilities, 50 new cases were reported and 11 deaths were reported among residents. There are 133 active outbreaks of COVID-19 in the state’s long-term-care facilities. That’s five fewer than were reported on Tuesday.

As of 6 p.m. Monday, 532 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Mississippi, with 138 of them in intensive care units.

Neshoba County reported eight new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday for a total of 1,505; Newton County had six new cases for a total of 742; Clarke County had one new case for a total of 519; and Kemper County had no new cases and a total of 284.

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	881	33	47	12
Alcorn	746	10	18	2
Amite	303	10	14	2
Attala	633	25	90	20
Benton	208	1	2	0
Bolivar	1750	64	197	25
Calhoun	506	12	25	4
Carroll	306	12	45	9
Chickasaw	631	24	43	13
Choctaw	177	5	3	0
Claiborne	447	16	43	9
Clarke	519	37	59	17
Clay	559	16	16	1
Coahoma	1089	26	79	2
Copiah	1145	33	46	4
Covington	787	21	28	6
De Soto	5276	53	63	13
Forrest	2294	68	170	40
Franklin	183	3	3	1
George	740	13	27	6
Greene	333	16	36	6
Grenada	1026	34	105	20
Hancock	544	20	9	4
Harrison	3660	71	237	29
Hinds	6884	152	400	62
Holmes	1076	58	100	20
Humphreys	368	15	21	6
Issaquena	102	3	0	0
Itawamba	729	21	77	16
Jackson	3326	66	75	7
Jasper	532	14	1	0
Jefferson	234	9	12	3
Jefferson Davis	317	11	3	1
Jones	2340	77	180	37
Kemper	284	15	39	9
Lafayette	1993	39	122	28
Lamar	1548	33	27	11
Lauderdale	1977	122	260	71
Lawrence	421	12	26	2
Leake	932	35	17	2
Lee	2515	66	153	30
Leflore	1332	79	189	45
Lincoln	1026	52	142	32
Lowndes	1380	57	98	33
Madison	3164	85	238	45
Marion	828	32	73	9
Marshall	1059	14	31	6
Monroe	1166	65	162	50
Montgomery	444	20	47	9
Neshoba	1513	103	111	37
Newton	742	22	34	7
Noxubee	539	15	19	4
Oktibbeha	1725	49	193	31
Panola	1403	26	13	2
Pearl River	833	49	71	20
Perry	382	16	15	3
Pike	1198	48	80	21
Pontotoc	1196	16	7	1
Prentiss	773	17	48	3
Quitman	359	5	0	0
Rankin	3121	73	154	18
Scott	1149	25	17	3
Sharkey	258	11	43	8
Simpson	998	41	104	18
Smith	515	14	54	8
Stone	345	11	50	7
Sunflower	1369	43	69	11
Tallahatchie	725	17	29	3
Tate	943	37	32	13
Tippah	620	16	5	0
Tishomingo	640	35	96	24
Tunica	470	13	12	2
Union	962	23	46	11
Walthall	585	25	67	13
Warren	1362	49	113	24
Washington	2147	71	110	23
Wayne	864	21	60	10
Webster	326	13	52	11
Wilkinson	299	17	20	5
Winston	718	19	40	11
Yalobusha	410	14	35	7
Yazoo	1025	27	46	8
Total	91,234	2,756	5,743	1,146

–Mississippi State Department of Health