The Mississippi State Department of Health reported on Sunday 28 new cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County and no additional deaths, bringing the county’s totals to 2,817 cases and 138 deaths.

Statewide, the department reported 804 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 additional deaths, bringing the state’s totals to 126,689 cases and 3,443 COVID-19 related deaths since March.

In Newton County, six new cases were reported, bring the case total to 913. No new deaths were reported; the county has had 28 COVID-19 related deaths since March.

In Kemper County, no new cases were reported; 345 cases have been reported since March. No new deaths were reported; 15 deaths have been reported since March.

Clarke County reported one new cases, leading to a total of 815 cases. No new deaths were reported; the county has had 53 COVID-19 related deaths since March.

In Neshoba County, four new cases were reported, bringing the case total to 1,945. 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 105 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.

case count

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths
Adams	1181	46
Alcorn	1207	14
Amite	442	14
Attala	858	27
Benton	412	12
Bolivar	2148	81
Calhoun	655	13
Carroll	573	13
Chickasaw	910	31
Choctaw	230	7
Claiborne	550	16
Clarke	815	53
Clay	772	25
Coahoma	1313	37
Copiah	1449	38
Covington	1055	31
De Soto	8159	84
Forrest	3282	82
Franklin	262	3
George	1094	21
Greene	511	19
Grenada	1272	42
Hancock	972	33
Harrison	6136	92
Hinds	8510	182
Holmes	1175	60
Humphreys	487	18
Issaquena	107	4
Itawamba	1267	30
Jackson	5390	102
Jasper	739	19
Jefferson	292	11
Jefferson Davis	465	14
Jones	3122	84
Kemper	345	15
Lafayette	2713	43
Lamar	2502	42
Lauderdale	2817	138
Lawrence	596	14
Leake	1209	43
Lee	4036	86
Leflore	1830	88
Lincoln	1526	63
Lowndes	1975	62
Madison	4081	94
Marion	1008	46
Marshall	1684	37
Monroe	1660	75
Montgomery	612	23
Neshoba	1945	111
Newton	913	28
Noxubee	626	17
Oktibbeha	2148	57
Panola	1837	42
Pearl River	1268	62
Perry	557	23
Pike	1445	58
Pontotoc	1676	21
Prentiss	1183	22
Quitman	436	7
Rankin	4444	89
Scott	1329	29
Sharkey	293	15
Simpson	1297	50
Smith	634	16
Stone	558	14
Sunflower	1740	53
Tallahatchie	899	26
Tate	1378	40
Tippah	1039	26
Tishomingo	901	41
Tunica	563	18
Union	1362	25
Walthall	676	27
Warren	1615	56
Washington	2774	105
Wayne	1067	22
Webster	389	14
Wilkinson	352	21
Winston	953	22
Yalobusha	603	23
Yazoo	1383	36
Total	126,689	3,443