Mississippi COVID-19 cases surpass 14,000; Lauderdale County total at 699
Published 11:19 am Wednesday, May 27, 2020
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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 10 new cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County Wednesday, for a total of 699 and one additional death, for a total of 57 deaths.
Included in the county’s totals are 184 confirmed cases and 37 deaths in long-term care facilities, according to records.
As of Wednesday, Anderson Regional Medical Center reported it was hospitalizing 29 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Rush Foundation Hospital is not reporting daily COVID-19 hospitalization numbers.
MSDH confirmed 135 cases and 17 deaths in Clarke County, 131 cases and 10 deaths in Kemper County, 565 cases and 34 deaths in Neshoba County and 250 cases and four deaths in Newton County.
Health officials reported 313 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi Wednesday, for a total of 14,044 and 18 additional deaths, for a total of 670 deaths statewide.
As of the state’s latest update, there were 376 Mississippians hospitalized with COVID-19 infection, according to records.
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| County | Total Cases | Total Deaths | Total LTC Facility Cases | Total LTC Facility Deaths |
| Adams | 190 | 15 | 40 | 8 |
| Alcorn | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amite | 56 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Attala | 277 | 15 | 79 | 14 |
| Benton | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bolivar | 149 | 11 | 17 | 4 |
| Calhoun | 61 | 4 | 23 | 4 |
| Carroll | 114 | 10 | 46 | 8 |
| Chickasaw | 128 | 12 | 34 | 8 |
| Choctaw | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Claiborne | 64 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Clarke | 135 | 17 | 17 | 7 |
| Clay | 104 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Coahoma | 113 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Copiah | 285 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Covington | 141 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Desoto | 493 | 6 | 15 | 2 |
| Forrest | 511 | 37 | 86 | 26 |
| Franklin | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| George | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greene | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grenada | 82 | 3 | 14 | 2 |
| Hancock | 87 | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Harrison | 245 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Hinds | 920 | 24 | 80 | 13 |
| Holmes | 373 | 24 | 77 | 12 |
| Humphreys | 53 | 7 | 16 | 5 |
| Itawamba | 85 | 7 | 34 | 6 |
| Jackson | 300 | 13 | 40 | 4 |
| Jasper | 148 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson Davis | 75 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Jones | 525 | 19 | 58 | 9 |
| Kemper | 131 | 10 | 28 | 6 |
| Lafayette | 125 | 4 | 38 | 1 |
| Lamar | 227 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Lauderdale | 699 | 57 | 184 | 37 |
| Lawrence | 99 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Leake | 395 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Lee | 117 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
| Leflore | 250 | 30 | 82 | 17 |
| Lincoln | 250 | 22 | 85 | 17 |
| Lowndes | 182 | 8 | 19 | 5 |
| Madison | 687 | 21 | 96 | 12 |
| Marion | 112 | 9 | 14 | 2 |
| Marshall | 76 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Monroe | 253 | 24 | 92 | 21 |
| Montgomery | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Neshoba | 565 | 34 | 66 | 18 |
| Newton | 250 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Noxubee | 169 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| Oktibbeha | 150 | 10 | 39 | 7 |
| Panola | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pearl River | 207 | 31 | 45 | 11 |
| Perry | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pike | 202 | 11 | 15 | 6 |
| Pontotoc | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Prentiss | 41 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
| Quitman | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rankin | 373 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Scott | 623 | 10 | 13 | 2 |
| Sharkey | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simpson | 93 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Smith | 133 | 11 | 30 | 7 |
| Stone | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunflower | 78 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tallahatchie | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tate | 69 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tippah | 71 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Tishomingo | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tunica | 52 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Union | 78 | 5 | 20 | 4 |
| Walthall | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren | 158 | 7 | 36 | 5 |
| Washington | 163 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| Wayne | 148 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Webster | 59 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| Wilkinson | 85 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Winston | 105 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yalobusha | 85 | 5 | 25 | 5 |
| Yazoo | 223 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Total | 14,044 | 670 | 1,767 | 341 |
