Department of Health reports 321 new cases of COVID-19, 17 in Lauderdale County
Published 3:26 pm Sunday, October 4, 2020
- Source: Mississippi State Department of Health
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 321 new cases of COVID-19 and two related deaths in the state Sunday.
Seventeen new cases were reported in Lauderdale County Sunday for a total of 2,123 cases of COVID-19 and 127 related deaths since the state began tracking the virus in March.
Clarke County reported two new cases for a total of 625 cases and 48 related deaths. Newton County reported seven new cases for a total of 800 cases and 25 related deaths, while Kemper County reported two new cases for a total of 294 and 15 related deaths. Neshoba County reported one new case for a total of 1,646 cases and 106 related deaths.
The department of health has tallied 92,154 confirmed cases of COVID-19 along with 8,334 probably cases, for a total of 100,488 in Mississippi since March. It has also confirmed 2,765 related deaths and 248 probable related deaths, for a total of 3,013 since March. Since Sept. 27, a total of 823,185 tests for COVID-19 have been conducted in the state.
As of Friday, the department of health reported four adult COVID-19 patients in the ICU at Anderson Regional Medical Center. There is one ICU bed available out of 29 at Anderson as of Friday. At Rush Foundation Hospital, two adult COVID-19 patients were in the ICU as of Friday. There are 4 ICU beds available out of 23 at Rush as of Friday.
As of Sept. 27, 89,737 people are presumed to have recovered from COVID-19.
| County | Total Cases | Total Deaths |
| Adams | 967 | 39 |
| Alcorn | 860 | 11 |
| Amite | 355 | 10 |
| Attala | 691 | 25 |
| Benton | 248 | 3 |
| Bolivar | 1902 | 71 |
| Calhoun | 545 | 12 |
| Carroll | 332 | 12 |
| Chickasaw | 718 | 24 |
| Choctaw | 189 | 6 |
| Claiborne | 477 | 16 |
| Clarke | 625 | 48 |
| Clay | 611 | 20 |
| Coahoma | 1189 | 31 |
| Copiah | 1242 | 33 |
| Covington | 845 | 25 |
| De Soto | 5811 | 70 |
| Forrest | 2650 | 75 |
| Franklin | 204 | 3 |
| George | 820 | 14 |
| Greene | 405 | 17 |
| Grenada | 1123 | 36 |
| Hancock | 622 | 22 |
| Harrison | 4077 | 76 |
| Hinds | 7289 | 163 |
| Holmes | 1111 | 60 |
| Humphreys | 382 | 15 |
| Issaquena | 106 | 3 |
| Itawamba | 917 | 24 |
| Jackson | 3739 | 70 |
| Jasper | 601 | 15 |
| Jefferson | 246 | 10 |
| Jefferson Davis | 350 | 11 |
| Jones | 2583 | 81 |
| Kemper | 294 | 15 |
| Lafayette | 2266 | 41 |
| Lamar | 1869 | 37 |
| Lauderdale | 2123 | 127 |
| Lawrence | 443 | 14 |
| Leake | 980 | 38 |
| Lee | 3040 | 73 |
| Leflore | 1463 | 82 |
| Lincoln | 1150 | 53 |
| Lowndes | 1644 | 58 |
| Madison | 3389 | 90 |
| Marion | 887 | 40 |
| Marshall | 1128 | 22 |
| Monroe | 1287 | 70 |
| Montgomery | 490 | 21 |
| Neshoba | 1646 | 106 |
| Newton | 800 | 25 |
| Noxubee | 571 | 16 |
| Oktibbeha | 1850 | 53 |
| Panola | 1546 | 31 |
| Pearl River | 952 | 54 |
| Perry | 441 | 21 |
| Pike | 1260 | 54 |
| Pontotoc | 1328 | 17 |
| Prentiss | 896 | 19 |
| Quitman | 398 | 5 |
| Rankin | 3446 | 80 |
| Scott | 1184 | 27 |
| Sharkey | 268 | 14 |
| Simpson | 1085 | 47 |
| Smith | 553 | 15 |
| Stone | 389 | 13 |
| Sunflower | 1514 | 47 |
| Tallahatchie | 788 | 24 |
| Tate | 1041 | 38 |
| Tippah | 736 | 18 |
| Tishomingo | 724 | 39 |
| Tunica | 505 | 15 |
| Union | 1046 | 24 |
| Walthall | 606 | 26 |
| Warren | 1429 | 51 |
| Washington | 2317 | 84 |
| Wayne | 929 | 21 |
| Webster | 347 | 13 |
| Wilkinson | 309 | 18 |
| Winston | 763 | 19 |
| Yalobusha | 453 | 14 |
| Yazoo | 1083 | 33 |
| Total | 100,488 | 3,013 |
