State reports 563 new COVID-19 cases

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 563 new COVID-19 cases and 24 new deaths on Wednesday.

Lauderdale County has a total of 2146 COVID-19 cases and 127 related deaths since the state began tracking the virus in March.

In Newton County, a total of 802 cases and 26 deaths have been reported since March. In Kemper County, a total of 296 cases and 15 deaths have been reported since March. Clarke County has reported a total of 632 cases and 48 deaths since March. In Neshoba County, a total of 1661 cases and 108 deaths have been reported since March.

The state totals increased on Wednesday to 102,241 cases and 3,051 deaths since March.

The Department of Health presumes 90,577 people have recovered from COVID-19.

There are 124 ongoing outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities.

The city of Meridian’s mask mandate remains in effect through the end of October.

County case count

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	978	40	48	13
Alcorn	869	11	18	2
Amite	363	10	15	2
Attala	696	25	90	20
Benton	256	4	4	0
Bolivar	1924	74	217	29
Calhoun	555	12	25	4
Carroll	336	12	45	9
Chickasaw	741	24	44	13
Choctaw	193	6	1	0
Claiborne	500	16	43	9
Clarke	632	48	90	25
Clay	624	20	19	3
Coahoma	1198	32	86	6
Copiah	1256	34	70	5
Covington	853	25	34	10
De Soto	5994	71	73	14
Forrest	2714	75	175	41
Franklin	206	3	4	1
George	846	14	34	6
Greene	417	17	38	6
Grenada	1133	36	109	20
Hancock	648	25	14	4
Harrison	4204	78	255	32
Hinds	7346	166	447	70
Holmes	1113	60	101	20
Humphreys	382	15	21	6
Issaquena	106	3	0	0
Itawamba	943	24	83	17
Jackson	3882	72	82	7
Jasper	608	16	1	0
Jefferson	247	10	12	3
Jefferson Davis	363	11	3	1
Jones	2626	81	183	37
Kemper	296	15	39	9
Lafayette	2303	41	123	28
Lamar	1927	37	32	11
Lauderdale	2146	127	261	74
Lawrence	453	14	26	2
Leake	992	39	35	5
Lee	3080	74	172	33
Leflore	1484	82	191	45
Lincoln	1178	53	142	32
Lowndes	1671	58	98	33
Madison	3451	90	238	45
Marion	894	41	91	14
Marshall	1138	22	31	6
Monroe	1308	70	169	51
Montgomery	498	21	50	9
Neshoba	1661	108	125	38
Newton	802	26	39	9
Noxubee	576	16	20	4
Oktibbeha	1873	54	189	31
Panola	1565	32	15	3
Pearl River	973	54	88	22
Perry	450	21	20	7
Pike	1281	55	97	27
Pontotoc	1356	18	16	1
Prentiss	919	19	48	3
Quitman	402	5	0	0
Rankin	3507	82	173	23
Scott	1190	28	21	3
Sharkey	268	14	43	8
Simpson	1114	48	108	19
Smith	558	15	54	8
Stone	405	13	49	8
Sunflower	1520	48	78	13
Tallahatchie	793	24	29	7
Tate	1062	38	47	13
Tippah	755	18	39	0
Tishomingo	731	39	96	26
Tunica	511	16	15	2
Union	1065	24	46	11
Walthall	612	26	67	13
Warren	1443	52	119	25
Washington	2351	86	151	32
Wayne	942	21	59	10
Webster	355	13	52	11
Wilkinson	313	18	20	5
Winston	771	19	40	11
Yalobusha	458	14	35	7
Yazoo	1088	33	71	12
Total	102,241	3,051	6,251	1,244