23 more cases of COVID19 in Lauderdale County

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 381 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi Saturday.

Statewide, health officials confirmed 13,005 total cases and 616 deaths, including 20 additional deaths reported as of 6 p.m. Friday. Eight of the deaths occurred between May 7 and May 16 and were identified from death certificate reports, MSDH said. Records show two of those deaths occurred in Lauderdale County.

State health officials reported 23 new cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County Friday, for a total of 670 and three additional deaths, for a total of 54 deaths.

Records show 34 of the 54 people from the county who died from COVID-19 lived in long-term care facilities.

As of Friday, Anderson Regional Medical Center reported it was hospitalizing 22 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19.

Rush Foundation Hospital is not reporting daily COVID-19 hospitalizations.

In Friday’s update, MSDH reported a total of 124 cases and 16 deaths in Clarke County, 118 cases and 10 deaths in Kemper County, 511 cases and 30 deaths in Neshoba County and 221 cases and three deaths in Newton County.

Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported cases since March 11, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	181	15	39	8
Alcorn	15	1	0	0
Amite	50	1	7	1
Attala	270	12	79	12
Benton	14	0	1	0
Bolivar	136	10	17	4
Calhoun	60	4	23	4
Carroll	113	9	45	7
Chickasaw	125	12	34	8
Choctaw	29	2	0	0
Claiborne	57	1	2	0
Clarke	124	16	17	7
Clay	96	3	0	0
Coahoma	96	3	0	0
Copiah	273	4	0	0
Covington	127	1	1	0
Desoto	458	6	15	2
Forrest	478	33	84	23
Franklin	25	2	2	1
George	19	1	0	0
Greene	7	1	0	0
Grenada	72	2	14	2
Hancock	84	11	7	3
Harrison	231	6	2	1
Hinds	877	24	78	13
Holmes	359	23	76	11
Humphreys	52	7	16	5
Issaquena	0	0	0	0
Itawamba	82	7	34	6
Jackson	296	13	39	4
Jasper	135	3	1	0
Jefferson	40	0	0	0
Jefferson Davis	70	2	3	1
Jones	435	13	53	5
Kemper	118	10	27	6
Lafayette	118	3	37	0
Lamar	218	4	4	2
Lauderdale	670	54	163	34
Lawrence	86	1	1	0
Leake	382	8	1	0
Lee	101	5	9	1
Leflore	240	25	54	12
Lincoln	238	20	81	16
Lowndes	158	7	18	4
Madison	639	21	89	12
Marion	104	8	14	2
Marshall	69	3	2	0
Monroe	241	24	92	21
Montgomery	78	1	0	0
Neshoba	511	30	64	16
Newton	221	3	3	0
Noxubee	157	6	14	3
Oktibbeha	128	10	33	7
Panola	61	2	0	0
Pearl River	203	27	44	9
Perry	43	2	0	0
Pike	194	11	14	6
Pontotoc	26	3	3	1
Prentiss	37	3	22	3
Quitman	23	0	0	0
Rankin	336	6	5	0
Scott	587	10	13	2
Sharkey	7	0	0	0
Simpson	83	0	4	0
Smith	126	10	30	7
Stone	30	0	0	0
Sunflower	77	3	0	0
Tallahatchie	23	1	0	0
Tate	58	1	2	0
Tippah	69	11	0	0
Tishomingo	23	0	1	0
Tunica	48	2	12	2
Union	70	5	20	4
Walthall	51	0	0	0
Warren	148	6	35	4
Washington	151	5	7	1
Wayne	76	0	2	0
Webster	27	1	0	0
Wilkinson	81	9	5	2
Winston	98	1	0	0
Yalobusha	82	4	24	4
Yazoo	204	2	8	0
Total	13,005	616	1,646	309

Long-Term Care Facility Cases and Deaths by Race

Long-term care (LTC) facilities like nursing homes are considered high risk locations because their residents are older or in poor health. Even one case of COVID-19 in these facilities among residents or employees is considered an outbreak. We investigate residents, staff and close contacts of infected individuals for possible exposure. (Long-term care facilities include nursing homes, intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, personal care homes, assisted living facilities, long-term acute care facilities, and psychiatric or chemical dependency residential treatment centers.

–Mississippi Department of Health