State reports 1,527 new COVID-19 cases
Published 4:35 pm Friday, December 25, 2020
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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 1,527 new COVID-19 cases and six new COVID-19 related deaths on Friday, bringing the state’s totals to 204,178 cases and 4,562 deaths.
Lauderdale County reported 14 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the county’s total to 4,678 cases. No new deaths were reported; a total of 168 deaths have been reported in the county since March.
COVID-19 case and death numbers for local counties are listed below.
Clarke County: Three new cases, 1,149 cases since March; no new deaths; 57 total deaths since March.
Newton County: 15 new cases; 1,521 total cases since March. No new deaths; 32 total deaths since March.
Kemper County: No new cases; 638 total cases. No new deaths; 19 total deaths since March.
Neshoba County: 18 new cases; 2870 total cases. No new deaths; 137 total deaths since March.
MSDH presumes 154,669 people have recovered from COVID-19. The department also reported that there are 239 ongoing outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities.
| County | Total Cases | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Adams | 1744 | 57 |
| Alcorn | 2044 | 39 |
| Amite | 819 | 20 |
| Attala | 1644 | 44 |
| Benton | 641 | 20 |
| Bolivar | 3220 | 95 |
| Calhoun | 1089 | 16 |
| Carroll | 910 | 17 |
| Chickasaw | 1512 | 35 |
| Choctaw | 472 | 10 |
| Claiborne | 690 | 18 |
| Clarke | 1149 | 57 |
| Clay | 1242 | 30 |
| Coahoma | 1892 | 51 |
| Copiah | 2116 | 43 |
| Covington | 1754 | 66 |
| De Soto | 13822 | 131 |
| Forrest | 5013 | 94 |
| Franklin | 556 | 7 |
| George | 1653 | 34 |
| Greene | 954 | 25 |
| Grenada | 1910 | 60 |
| Hancock | 1871 | 53 |
| Harrison | 10071 | 139 |
| Hinds | 13335 | 248 |
| Holmes | 1543 | 64 |
| Humphreys | 702 | 22 |
| Issaquena | 144 | 4 |
| Itawamba | 2155 | 49 |
| Jackson | 8342 | 151 |
| Jasper | 1297 | 25 |
| Jefferson | 458 | 14 |
| Jefferson Davis | 731 | 22 |
| Jones | 4920 | 95 |
| Kemper | 638 | 19 |
| Lafayette | 4053 | 76 |
| Lamar | 3895 | 56 |
| Lauderdale | 4678 | 168 |
| Lawrence | 901 | 16 |
| Leake | 1910 | 49 |
| Lee | 7230 | 111 |
| Leflore | 2517 | 98 |
| Lincoln | 2428 | 74 |
| Lowndes | 4059 | 85 |
| Madison | 6783 | 128 |
| Marion | 1689 | 59 |
| Marshall | 2797 | 63 |
| Monroe | 2815 | 84 |
| Montgomery | 949 | 30 |
| Neshoba | 2870 | 137 |
| Newton | 1521 | 32 |
| Noxubee | 889 | 20 |
| Oktibbeha | 3213 | 70 |
| Panola | 3015 | 68 |
| Pearl River | 2380 | 79 |
| Perry | 826 | 30 |
| Pike | 2098 | 65 |
| Pontotoc | 2978 | 38 |
| Prentiss | 1980 | 41 |
| Quitman | 587 | 7 |
| Rankin | 8256 | 156 |
| Scott | 2035 | 38 |
| Sharkey | 378 | 17 |
| Simpson | 1902 | 60 |
| Smith | 967 | 18 |
| Stone | 1102 | 18 |
| Sunflower | 2315 | 59 |
| Tallahatchie | 1169 | 29 |
| Tate | 2297 | 56 |
| Tippah | 1866 | 40 |
| Tishomingo | 1493 | 51 |
| Tunica | 717 | 19 |
| Union | 2616 | 34 |
| Walthall | 950 | 33 |
| Warren | 2460 | 75 |
| Washington | 4064 | 112 |
| Wayne | 1581 | 25 |
| Webster | 693 | 17 |
| Wilkinson | 511 | 22 |
| Winston | 1746 | 44 |
| Yalobusha | 941 | 31 |
| Yazoo | 2005 | 50 |
| Total | 204,178 | 4,562 |
