Reeves limits attendance at extracurricular activities
Published 1:03 pm Friday, August 14, 2020
- Mississippi State Department of Health
Gov. Tate Reeves announced Friday that he signed an executive order capping attendance on K-12 extracurricular activities like football and band concerts. No more than two spectators per participant will be allowed to attend.
Reeves has extended the state’s social distancing measures an additional two weeks until Monday, Aug. 31.
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 944 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, for a total of 70,930 and 32 additional deaths, for a total of 2,043 deaths statewide.
Eleven of the deaths occurred between June 17 and July 31 and were identified from death certificates.
MSDH reported 23 new cases in Lauderdale County, for a total of 1,481 and two additional deaths, for a total of 96.
At Anderson Regional Medical Center Thursday, three adult ICU beds out of 29 were available and 23 COVID-19 patients were being hospitalized, including 11 adults in the ICU, according to state data.
Data for Rush Foundation Hospital for Thursday shows the hospital had three adult ICU beds out of 23 available and 19 COVID-19 patients were being hospitalized, including eight adults in the ICU.
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs reported that 38 Mississippi counties have schools with COVID-19 cases among 109 teachers and 69 students. As a result, 254 teachers and staff and 489 students are quarantined, he said.
As of Friday’s update, records show 946 Mississippi residents were being hospitalized with COVID-19 and 161 more were being treated for suspected infection.
Eleven hospitals in the state had no available ICU beds Friday, according to Dobbs.
There are 174 active outbreaks of COVID-19 in Mississippi’s long-term care facilities as of the latest update.
MSDH reported 359 cases and 28 deaths in Clarke County, 246 cases and 14 deaths in Kemper County, 1,320 cases and 95 deaths in Neshoba County and 575 cases and 12 deaths in Newton County.
Dobbs said the health department is planning free COVID-19 testing next Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Pearl River Resort’s Silver Star Hotel and Casino parking garage. You do not need to have symptoms or an appointment to be tested, he said.
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 | 655 | 28 | 46 | 12 |
| Alcorn | 447 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| Amite | 244 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| Attala | 544 | 25 | 89 | 20 |
| Benton | 159 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bolivar | 1189 | 40 | 57 | 11 |
| Calhoun | 430 | 9 | 23 | 4 |
| Carroll | 264 | 11 | 45 | 9 |
| Chickasaw | 502 | 19 | 36 | 11 |
| Choctaw | 138 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Claiborne | 411 | 14 | 43 | 9 |
| Clarke | 359 | 28 | 27 | 9 |
| Clay | 411 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Coahoma | 810 | 13 | 44 | 2 |
| Copiah | 980 | 29 | 30 | 4 |
| Covington | 650 | 15 | 6 | 2 |
| De Soto | 3832 | 33 | 45 | 7 |
| Forrest | 1889 | 57 | 102 | 32 |
| Franklin | 142 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| George | 626 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Greene | 267 | 13 | 35 | 6 |
| Grenada | 863 | 26 | 78 | 15 |
| Hancock | 419 | 15 | 8 | 4 |
| Harrison | 2710 | 36 | 148 | 15 |
| Hinds | 5852 | 126 | 283 | 55 |
| Holmes | 938 | 50 | 97 | 20 |
| Humphreys | 309 | 12 | 20 | 6 |
| Issaquena | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Itawamba | 414 | 10 | 40 | 7 |
| Jackson | 2430 | 47 | 74 | 7 |
| Jasper | 416 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 197 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Jefferson Davis | 252 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Jones | 1965 | 62 | 173 | 35 |
| Kemper | 246 | 14 | 38 | 9 |
| Lafayette | 1043 | 21 | 90 | 16 |
| Lamar | 1265 | 18 | 8 | 3 |
| Lauderdale | 1481 | 96 | 212 | 57 |
| Lawrence | 340 | 8 | 13 | 1 |
| Leake | 811 | 27 | 4 | 0 |
| Lee | 1657 | 42 | 86 | 16 |
| Leflore | 971 | 69 | 184 | 44 |
| Lincoln | 862 | 44 | 124 | 28 |
| Lowndes | 1121 | 40 | 87 | 24 |
| Madison | 2521 | 72 | 206 | 37 |
| Marion | 698 | 21 | 47 | 6 |
| Marshall | 757 | 10 | 17 | 2 |
| Monroe | 858 | 55 | 146 | 44 |
| Montgomery | 355 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Neshoba | 1320 | 95 | 108 | 35 |
| Newton | 575 | 12 | 9 | 1 |
| Noxubee | 472 | 12 | 17 | 4 |
| Oktibbeha | 1157 | 39 | 177 | 26 |
| Panola | 1108 | 18 | 8 | 1 |
| Pearl River | 584 | 40 | 57 | 16 |
| Perry | 251 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Pike | 966 | 38 | 73 | 19 |
| Pontotoc | 876 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| Prentiss | 475 | 10 | 28 | 3 |
| Quitman | 275 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rankin | 2382 | 41 | 104 | 10 |
| Scott | 1025 | 21 | 15 | 3 |
| Sharkey | 214 | 7 | 42 | 6 |
| Simpson | 842 | 32 | 62 | 15 |
| Smith | 419 | 13 | 54 | 8 |
| Stone | 235 | 6 | 23 | 2 |
| Sunflower | 1101 | 28 | 18 | 5 |
| Tallahatchie | 563 | 11 | 8 | 2 |
| Tate | 760 | 30 | 33 | 12 |
| Tippah | 426 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Tishomingo | 463 | 9 | 35 | 2 |
| Tunica | 370 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
| Union | 750 | 17 | 36 | 9 |
| Walthall | 521 | 22 | 65 | 11 |
| Warren | 1166 | 37 | 95 | 18 |
| Washington | 1771 | 46 | 60 | 14 |
| Wayne | 805 | 21 | 58 | 10 |
| Webster | 254 | 13 | 52 | 11 |
| Wilkinson | 231 | 14 | 8 | 4 |
| Winston | 644 | 17 | 40 | 11 |
| Yalobusha | 320 | 10 | 35 | 7 |
| Yazoo | 882 | 14 | 28 | 3 |
| Total | 70,930 | 2,043 | 4,227 | 871 |
