Mississippi State Department of Health 

In an online address Monday, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said he came in contact with a state legislator who had tested positive for COVID-19, and that he was awaiting his own test results. 

“This virus is real,” Reeves said. “It is dangerous and it is spreading very, very rapidly.”

Reeves said health officials have been closely monitoring COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state, which reached a record high of 647 on Friday.

As of Sunday, records show 609 people were being hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 infection and 216 others were being hospitalized with suspected infection. 

“If the numbers continue to increase, if hospitalizations continue to increase, if number of ICU patients continue to increase, we will have to be willing and able to take action to decompress our hospital system,” Reeves said. 

He said he has no desire to have to shut down businesses again.

“I will do everything in my power to protect not only the livelihoods of all Mississippians but also the lives of all Mississippians,” he said.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 357 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi Monday, for a total of 31,257 and three additional deaths, for a total of 1,114 deaths statewide.

In Lauderdale County, MSDH reported one new case of COVID-19, for a total of 910, with 79 total deaths.

Rush Health Systems shared new data Monday, showing its average weekly COVID-19 positive test results have dropped from a high of 45.7 percent in mid-April to 7.7 percent as of Sunday. 

“Percent positive is defined as number of people with a positive test result, out of all people with COVID-19 testing completed at Rush Health Systems,” according to a statement on Rush’s records. “Early percentages are high because per CDC guidelines at the time, we were only testing those who presented with symptoms of COVID-19. In mid May, we began aggressive testing strategies that included in-house testing for all patients prior to an elective procedure leading to a dramatic decrease in percentage of positive test results.”

Rush’s records for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 show a high average of 33 patients during the week of April 12 and a low average of seven patients the week of June 20. 

The counties with the highest case totals as of the latest update include Hinds (2536), Desoto (1620), Madison (1314), Jones (1128) and Neshoba (992).

Records show 207 cases and 24 deaths in Clarke County, 179 cases and 14 deaths in Kemper County, 992 cases and 71 deaths in Neshoba County and 339 cases and nine deaths in Newton County.

There are now 102 active outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities, the health department said.

As of Sunday, 22,167 Mississippi residents were presumed recovered from COVID-19, according to MSDH.

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	313	18	44	10
Alcorn	71	2	1	1
Amite	91	2	13	2
Attala	361	23	89	19
Benton	38	0	1	0
Bolivar	340	14	29	4
Calhoun	132	4	23	4
Carroll	166	11	45	9
Chickasaw	279	18	36	11
Choctaw	74	4	0	0
Claiborne	279	10	43	8
Clarke	207	24	19	9
Clay	251	11	1	1
Coahoma	201	6	0	0
Copiah	607	15	29	3
Covington	359	5	2	0
Desoto	1620	16	18	5
Forrest	878	42	95	29
Franklin	45	2	3	1
George	89	3	1	0
Greene	105	8	34	5
Grenada	490	5	34	2
Hancock	130	13	8	4
Harrison	933	11	67	5
Hinds	2536	40	134	15
Holmes	557	41	98	20
Humphreys	150	9	18	6
Issaquena	9	1	0	0
Itawamba	136	8	34	7
Jackson	638	16	46	5
Jasper	263	6	0	0
Jefferson	108	3	0	0
Jefferson Davis	112	4	3	1
Jones	1128	49	152	32
Kemper	179	14	38	9
Lafayette	393	4	42	1
Lamar	465	7	3	2
Lauderdale	910	79	201	51
Lawrence	178	2	0	0
Leake	578	19	3	0
Lee	552	19	62	13
Leflore	491	51	168	36
Lincoln	466	34	111	26
Lowndes	494	13	21	6
Madison	1314	34	135	18
Marion	284	11	15	2
Marshall	234	3	5	0
Monroe	403	30	97	25
Montgomery	135	2	0	0
Neshoba	992	71	90	27
Newton	339	9	5	0
Noxubee	267	8	15	3
Oktibbeha	541	26	128	18
Panola	352	6	2	1
Pearl River	257	32	48	12
Perry	67	4	0	0
Pike	441	12	40	6
Pontotoc	292	6	3	1
Prentiss	108	3	24	3
Quitman	78	0	0	0
Rankin	951	12	32	0
Scott	773	15	13	2
Sharkey	38	0	1	0
Simpson	323	3	2	0
Smith	218	11	52	8
Stone	65	1	0	0
Sunflower	400	8	1	0
Tallahatchie	137	4	3	1
Tate	288	10	28	7
Tippah	131	11	0	0
Tishomingo	83	1	2	0
Tunica	105	3	12	2
Union	210	9	20	8
Walthall	204	5	1	1
Warren	516	18	39	9
Washington	591	9	8	1
Wayne	545	13	26	2
Webster	127	10	52	9
Wilkinson	94	9	5	2
Winston	266	6	32	3
Yalobusha	173	7	35	7
Yazoo	513	6	19	2
Total	31,257	1,114	2,759	542

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information about residence.

–Mississippi State Department of Health