15 more COVID-19 cases in Lauderdale County; state total rises to 2642
Published 10:17 am Saturday, April 11, 2020
- 15 more COVID-19 cases in Lauderdale County; state total rises to 2642
The Mississippi State Department of Health on Saturday reported 15 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County, for a total of 133 cases.
The agency confirmed two additional deaths in Lauderdale County, for a total of eight. Outbreaks were reported at four long-term care facilities.
A week ago, the county had 61 confirmed cases.
MSDH reported 173 new cases statewide, for a total of 2642 cases and 11 additional deaths, for a total of 93 in Mississippi.
As of Saturday, Anderson Regional Medical Center was hospitalizing 25 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19.
In Clarke County, there are 13 confirmed cases, one death, and one additional outbreak at a long-term care facility, for a total of two facilities.
Fourteen cases have been confirmed in Kemper County. Neshoba County has 26 cases and in Newton County, there are 12 confirmed cases and one outbreak at a long-term care facility.
| County | Cases | Deaths | LTCs with Outbreaks |
| Adams | 49 | 1 | 2 |
| Alcorn | 7 | ||
| Amite | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Attala | 18 | ||
| Benton | 5 | ||
| Bolivar | 65 | 3 | 2 |
| Calhoun | 14 | 1 | |
| Carroll | 7 | ||
| Chickasaw | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| Choctaw | 10 | 1 | |
| Claiborne | 5 | ||
| Clarke | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| Clay | 17 | ||
| Coahoma | 38 | 1 | |
| Copiah | 28 | ||
| Covington | 12 | ||
| Desoto | 163 | 2 | 1 |
| Forrest | 86 | 2 | 2 |
| Franklin | 10 | ||
| George | 7 | ||
| Greene | 2 | ||
| Grenada | 10 | ||
| Hancock | 38 | 5 | 2 |
| Harrison | 107 | 5 | 2 |
| Hinds | 234 | 2 | 3 |
| Holmes | 42 | 3 | |
| Humphreys | 9 | 1 | |
| Itawamba | 9 | ||
| Jackson | 139 | 5 | 1 |
| Jasper | 12 | ||
| Jefferson | 4 | 1 | |
| Jefferson Davis | 5 | ||
| Jones | 30 | 2 | |
| Kemper | 14 | ||
| Lafayette | 29 | 1 | |
| Lamar | 31 | 1 | |
| Lauderdale | 133 | 8 | 4 |
| Lawrence | 6 | ||
| Leake | 27 | ||
| Lee | 42 | 3 | |
| Leflore | 44 | 4 | 1 |
| Lincoln | 41 | 3 | 2 |
| Lowndes | 22 | ||
| Madison | 99 | 2 | 2 |
| Marion | 17 | 1 | |
| Marshall | 30 | 2 | |
| Monroe | 31 | 2 | 2 |
| Montgomery | 14 | 1 | |
| Neshoba | 26 | ||
| Newton | 12 | 1 | |
| Noxubee | 6 | ||
| Oktibbeha | 36 | 1 | 2 |
| Panola | 22 | 2 | |
| Pearl River | 82 | 6 | 2 |
| Perry | 16 | 1 | |
| Pike | 47 | 1 | 1 |
| Pontotoc | 14 | 1 | |
| Prentiss | 12 | 2 | |
| Quitman | 12 | ||
| Rankin | 94 | 2 | |
| Scott | 52 | 1 | |
| Sharkey | 3 | ||
| Simpson | 7 | ||
| Smith | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| Stone | 9 | ||
| Sunflower | 35 | 1 | |
| Tallahatchie | 3 | ||
| Tate | 23 | ||
| Tippah | 43 | 6 | 1 |
| Tishomingo | 2 | ||
| Tunica | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| Union | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Walthall | 16 | ||
| Warren | 11 | 1 | |
| Washington | 49 | 2 | 2 |
| Wayne | 8 | ||
| Webster | 14 | 1 | |
| Wilkinson | 42 | 3 | 1 |
| Winston | 18 | ||
| Yalobusha | 13 | ||
| Yazoo | 58 | 1 | |
| Total | 2,642 | 93 | 52 |
State health officials believe Lauderdale County’s sudden increase in reported cases of COVID-19 may be due to a backlog of reported cases from private labs and transmission of the virus within the county, Meridian Mayor Percy Bland said Friday.
