Mississippi COVID-19 cases and deaths

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves lifted the state face covering requirement and loosened some other restrictions Wednesday afternoon.

Earlier in the day, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported 552 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with Lauderdale County having only one of them.

The state total increased to 90,462 and Lauderdale County’s total increased to 2,078 since the Department of Health began tracking the coronavirus in March.

The department reported 12 deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the state total to 2,969. Two of the deaths reported Wednesday occurred between Sept. 5 and Sept. 16 and were identified from death certificates.

One of the new deaths came from Clarke County, which has a total of 49 deaths since March.

Among the new cases Wednesday are 54 identified among residents in long-term-care facilities, where there are 121 ongoing outbreaks. Four deaths were reported among residents of long-term-care facilities.

Across East Mississippi, new cases were in single digits in each county. Clarke County reported one new case for a total of 611; Jasper County three new cases for a total of 584; Kemper County no new cases for a total of 291; Neshoba County two new cases for a total of 1,599; and Newton County three new cases for a total of 1,781.

The state presumes 89,737 people have recovered from COVID-19 since March.

Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases for 2020, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information. The data provided below is the most current available.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	949	37	48	13
Alcorn	834	11	18	2
Amite	342	10	15	2
Attala	672	25	90	20
Benton	233	3	4	0
Bolivar	1873	70	218	28
Calhoun	529	12	25	4
Carroll	331	12	45	9
Chickasaw	695	24	44	13
Choctaw	187	6	1	0
Claiborne	465	16	43	9
Clarke	611	49	87	26
Clay	599	19	19	3
Coahoma	1175	30	86	4
Copiah	1199	33	55	4
Covington	832	23	33	8
De Soto	5694	64	69	13
Forrest	2542	75	175	41
Franklin	199	3	4	1
George	785	13	34	6
Greene	389	17	38	6
Grenada	1101	36	108	20
Hancock	598	22	14	4
Harrison	3941	75	255	31
Hinds	7189	161	435	65
Holmes	1100	60	101	20
Humphreys	377	15	21	6
Issaquena	106	3	0	0
Itawamba	859	21	84	16
Jackson	3585	70	77	7
Jasper	584	15	1	0
Jefferson	243	9	12	3
Jefferson Davis	347	11	3	1
Jones	2527	80	183	37
Kemper	291	15	39	9
Lafayette	2212	40	123	28
Lamar	1762	37	28	11
Lauderdale	2078	126	260	73
Lawrence	439	14	26	2
Leake	965	38	25	5
Lee	2935	72	170	33
Leflore	1438	82	191	45
Lincoln	1123	53	142	32
Lowndes	1608	58	98	33
Madison	3341	90	238	45
Marion	875	37	85	12
Marshall	1118	21	31	6
Monroe	1253	69	169	51
Montgomery	470	20	49	9
Neshoba	1599	104	115	37
Newton	781	24	39	8
Noxubee	558	16	20	4
Oktibbeha	1819	52	189	31
Panola	1516	31	15	3
Pearl River	914	53	71	20
Perry	432	21	19	7
Pike	1249	54	97	27
Pontotoc	1301	16	17	1
Prentiss	884	18	48	3
Quitman	390	5	0	0
Rankin	3372	80	173	22
Scott	1180	27	21	3
Sharkey	267	14	43	8
Simpson	1058	47	107	19
Smith	551	15	54	8
Stone	380	13	47	8
Sunflower	1491	46	77	11
Tallahatchie	783	24	29	7
Tate	1019	38	44	13
Tippah	705	18	25	0
Tishomingo	710	39	96	26
Tunica	500	15	15	2
Union	1012	24	46	11
Walthall	604	26	67	13
Warren	1418	50	119	24
Washington	2278	79	123	26
Wayne	915	21	59	10
Webster	339	13	52	11
Wilkinson	308	18	20	5
Winston	746	19	40	11
Yalobusha	444	14	35	7
Yazoo	1067	33	71	12
Total	98,190	2,969	6,112	1,214

–Mississippi State Department of Health