covid

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported on Saturday 16 new cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County and two additional deaths, bringing the county’s totals to 2,789 cases and 138 deaths.

The additional deaths occurred between October 25 and November 6.

Statewide, the department reported 1,031 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 additional deaths, bringing the state’s totals to 125,885 cases and 3,433 COVID-19 related deaths since March.

In Newton County, three new cases were reported, bring the case total to 907. No new deaths were reported; the county has had 28 COVID-19 related deaths since March.

In Kemper County, three new cases were reported, bringing the case total to 345. No new deaths were reported; 15 deaths have been reported since March.

Clarke County reported two new cases, leading to a total of 814 cases. No new deaths were reported; the county has had 53 COVID-19 related deaths since March.

In Neshoba County, three new cases were reported, bringing the case total to 1,941. No new deaths were reported; 111 deaths have been reported since March.

The Department of Health presumes 105,839 people have recovered from COVID-19. The department also reported that there are 107 ongoing outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities.

Over the last few weeks, Gov. Tate Reeves has announced COVID-19 safety measures for 16 counties, including Neshoba. In these counties, indoor social gatherings must be limited to 10 people and outdoor social gatherings must be limited to 50. People in the counties have to wear a mask when they are indoors and interacting with the public, but cannot social distance.

On Oct. 30, Mayor Percy Bland extended the City of Meridian’s mask mandate until Nov. 30.

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County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	1173	46	64	14
Alcorn	1193	14	72	3
Amite	442	14	15	2
Attala	856	27	91	20
Benton	412	12	45	7
Bolivar	2144	81	220	30
Calhoun	652	13	25	4
Carroll	568	13	45	9
Chickasaw	907	31	47	14
Choctaw	230	7	1	0
Claiborne	550	16	43	9
Clarke	814	53	93	27
Clay	756	25	20	3
Coahoma	1308	37	105	7
Copiah	1442	38	72	9
Covington	1051	31	64	14
De Soto	8108	83	84	18
Forrest	3271	82	176	41
Franklin	261	3	4	1
George	1092	21	36	6
Greene	511	19	40	6
Grenada	1271	42	114	21
Hancock	965	33	56	8
Harrison	6051	92	291	34
Hinds	8473	182	481	80
Holmes	1168	60	102	20
Humphreys	484	18	27	7
Issaquena	107	4		0
Itawamba	1264	30	88	17
Jackson	5316	102	113	10
Jasper	734	19	1	0
Jefferson	292	11	13	3
Jefferson Davis	464	14	8	1
Jones	3115	84	187	38
Kemper	345	15	41	9
Lafayette	2693	43	123	28
Lamar	2492	42	41	11
Lauderdale	2789	138	269	74
Lawrence	595	14	26	2
Leake	1202	43	42	7
Lee	4010	85	194	38
Leflore	1822	88	194	47
Lincoln	1521	62	162	36
Lowndes	1956	62	102	33
Madison	4034	94	240	45
Marion	1003	46	92	15
Marshall	1672	35	56	12
Monroe	1653	75	172	52
Montgomery	609	23	52	9
Neshoba	1941	111	130	39
Newton	907	28	40	10
Noxubee	623	17	21	4
Oktibbeha	2141	57	193	31
Panola	1821	41	60	8
Pearl River	1264	62	95	23
Perry	555	23	20	7
Pike	1443	56	98	27
Pontotoc	1659	21	18	2
Prentiss	1178	22	52	4
Quitman	435	7		0
Rankin	4414	89	181	23
Scott	1328	29	21	3
Sharkey	293	15	43	8
Simpson	1296	50	122	19
Smith	632	16	55	8
Stone	554	14	55	9
Sunflower	1737	53	84	15
Tallahatchie	898	26	29	7
Tate	1359	40	57	14
Tippah	1035	26	61	2
Tishomingo	888	41	96	26
Tunica	555	17	15	2
Union	1351	25	46	11
Walthall	675	27	67	13
Warren	1614	56	125	26
Washington	2766	105	180	39
Wayne	1064	22	59	10
Webster	388	13	52	11
Wilkinson	352	21	20	5
Winston	936	22	44	11
Yalobusha	601	23	78	15
Yazoo	1341	36	135	14
Total	125,885	3,433	7,001	1,347