Meridian curfew extended; state COVID-19 hospitalizations continue climb
Published 11:40 am Wednesday, July 1, 2020
- Mississippi COVID-19 map posted July 1, 2020.
The total number of Mississippi residents being treated for COVID-19 continues to climb, with 579 hospitalized with confirmed infection and 207 hospitalized with suspected infection, state records show.
The 18-29 age group has the highest cumulative number of confirmed infections, at 5,628, followed by the 40-49 age group, with 4,438 cases, according to the health department.
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported three new cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County Wednesday, for a total of 882 and 78 total deaths.
The city of Meridian has extended its curfew through July 7. Effective Wednesday, the curfew is in effect from midnight to 6 a.m. for those 18 and older and from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. for those 17 and under.
Chief Cyrus Ben with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians signed an executive order Wednesday requiring masks for everyone age 2 and older interacting in public places on tribal lands.
As of midnight Tuesday, 436 people from the Pearl River community had tested positive for COVID-19 at the Choctaw Health Center, MBCI records show.
Neshoba County had 960 cases of COVID-19 in the latest health department update.
The county has the fifth highest number of confirmed cases in the state.
MSDH reported 653 new cases in Mississippi, for a total of 27,900 cases and nine additional deaths, for a total of 1,082 deaths statewide. Four of the deaths occurred between June 18 and June 25 and were identified from death certificate reports, the health department said.
As of Sunday, 19,388 people were presumed recovered from COVID-19, records show.
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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 | 267 | 18 | 44 | 10 |
Alcorn | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Amite | 82 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
Attala | 352 | 23 | 89 | 19 |
Benton | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bolivar | 277 | 13 | 28 | 4 |
Calhoun | 124 | 4 | 23 | 4 |
Carroll | 160 | 11 | 45 | 9 |
Chickasaw | 259 | 18 | 36 | 11 |
Choctaw | 71 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Claiborne | 236 | 10 | 43 | 8 |
Clarke | 201 | 24 | 19 | 9 |
Clay | 242 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Coahoma | 186 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Copiah | 566 | 15 | 29 | 3 |
Covington | 302 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Desoto | 1373 | 16 | 18 | 5 |
Forrest | 814 | 42 | 95 | 29 |
Franklin | 38 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
George | 74 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Greene | 92 | 7 | 34 | 5 |
Grenada | 380 | 5 | 21 | 2 |
Hancock | 120 | 13 | 8 | 4 |
Harrison | 744 | 8 | 54 | 3 |
Hinds | 2152 | 39 | 133 | 14 |
Holmes | 527 | 41 | 98 | 20 |
Humphreys | 123 | 9 | 18 | 6 |
Issaquena | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Itawamba | 127 | 8 | 34 | 7 |
Jackson | 533 | 16 | 44 | 5 |
Jasper | 250 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Jefferson | 92 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Jefferson Davis | 106 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Jones | 1069 | 49 | 144 | 32 |
Kemper | 176 | 14 | 38 | 9 |
Lafayette | 352 | 4 | 42 | 1 |
Lamar | 419 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
Lauderdale | 882 | 78 | 201 | 51 |
Lawrence | 159 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Leake | 548 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
Lee | 493 | 16 | 61 | 10 |
Leflore | 472 | 49 | 168 | 34 |
Lincoln | 435 | 34 | 111 | 26 |
Lowndes | 453 | 11 | 21 | 6 |
Madison | 1222 | 34 | 134 | 18 |
Marion | 248 | 11 | 15 | 2 |
Marshall | 201 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Monroe | 367 | 29 | 95 | 24 |
Montgomery | 122 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Neshoba | 960 | 69 | 90 | 27 |
Newton | 328 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
Noxubee | 245 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
Oktibbeha | 486 | 24 | 111 | 18 |
Panola | 270 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Pearl River | 244 | 32 | 47 | 12 |
Perry | 61 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Pike | 367 | 12 | 27 | 6 |
Pontotoc | 247 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
Prentiss | 98 | 3 | 24 | 3 |
Quitman | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rankin | 841 | 12 | 27 | 0 |
Scott | 750 | 15 | 13 | 2 |
Sharkey | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Simpson | 230 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Smith | 206 | 11 | 52 | 8 |
Stone | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sunflower | 306 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Tallahatchie | 104 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Tate | 257 | 7 | 22 | 5 |
Tippah | 123 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Tishomingo | 68 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Tunica | 89 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
Union | 175 | 9 | 20 | 8 |
Walthall | 172 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Warren | 443 | 17 | 39 | 9 |
Washington | 496 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Wayne | 521 | 12 | 26 | 2 |
Webster | 123 | 10 | 52 | 9 |
Wilkinson | 91 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Winston | 243 | 5 | 28 | 2 |
Yalobusha | 161 | 7 | 35 | 7 |
Yazoo | 473 | 6 | 19 | 2 |
Total | 27,900 | 1,082 | 2,664 | 527 |
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