One inmate in the Lauderdale County Detention Facility has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Chief Deputy Ward Calhoun. 

He said the inmate was tested at a prison and moved to the jail before the results were received. 

One detention officer and two sheriff’s deputies have also tested positive out of the 10 detention officers and five deputies who were tested, Calhoun said. 

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported a record 1,775 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, for a total of 57,579 and 48 additional deaths, for a total of 1,611 deaths statewide. 

The health department said 23 of the deaths, including one in Lauderdale County, one in Neshoba County and one in Newton County, occurred between July 10 and July 27 and were identified from death certificate reports.

The previous record for daily increases in cases, 1,635, was reported on July 21. 

In Lauderdale County, MSDH reported 22 new cases Thursday, for a total of 1,281 and two additional deaths, for a total of 88 deaths. 

The latest update shows 288 cases and 25 deaths in Clarke County, 222 cases and 15 deaths in Kemper County, 1,167 cases and 85 deaths in Neshoba County and 509 cases and 11 deaths in Newton County. 

Gov. Tate Reeves extended social distancing measures under his Safe Return order until Aug. 17 and added eight counties to a list ordered to follow tighter restrictions. They include Carroll, Coahoma, Jones, Lee, Leflore, Lowndes, Noxubee and Pontotoc counties. 

Records show 972 Mississippi residents were being hospitalized with COVID-19 and another 273 were being hospitalized with suspected infection. 

State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers said in a news conference Thursday that the hospitalization totals were “astoundingly high” and only four ICU beds were available in the Jackson area. 

As of Sunday, 35,071 people were presumed recovered from COVID-19, records show.

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

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	552	23	45	12
Alcorn	331	3	1	1
Amite	192	4	13	2
Attala	480	23	89	19
Benton	115	0	1	0
Bolivar	889	29	47	9
Calhoun	364	8	23	4
Carroll	237	11	45	9
Chickasaw	413	19	35	11
Choctaw	120	4	0	0
Claiborne	390	12	43	9
Clarke	288	25	19	9
Clay	360	13	2	1
Coahoma	626	7	2	0
Copiah	885	23	30	3
Covington	569	10	4	1
De Soto	3062	26	38	6
Forrest	1540	50	98	30
Franklin	101	3	3	1
George	517	5	1	0
Greene	219	10	35	6
Grenada	789	19	71	10
Hancock	310	14	8	4
Harrison	1982	29	124	14
Hinds	5001	97	226	41
Holmes	809	45	97	20
Humphreys	257	11	19	6
Issaquena	20	1	0	0
Itawamba	288	9	34	7
Jackson	1820	34	68	7
Jasper	360	8	1	0
Jefferson	185	5	4	0
Jefferson Davis	190	5	3	1
Jones	1674	57	168	35
Kemper	222	15	38	9
Lafayette	821	6	54	1
Lamar	1063	12	3	2
Lauderdale	1281	88	204	56
Lawrence	297	4	14	0
Leake	740	25	4	0
Lee	1115	28	66	15
Leflore	791	59	184	42
Lincoln	716	38	115	27
Lowndes	922	26	64	14
Madison	2211	50	169	23
Marion	569	16	15	2
Marshall	526	8	12	1
Monroe	649	49	126	41
Montgomery	266	3	0	0
Neshoba	1167	85	107	35
Newton	509	11	8	1
Noxubee	403	10	16	3
Oktibbeha	1024	31	153	19
Panola	867	11	5	1
Pearl River	462	35	53	14
Perry	205	7	0	0
Pike	803	30	67	14
Pontotoc	673	6	4	1
Prentiss	307	6	24	3
Quitman	204	1	0	0
Rankin	2048	27	86	8
Scott	944	17	15	3
Sharkey	136	1	6	1
Simpson	685	17	9	4
Smith	366	12	53	8
Stone	138	3	2	1
Sunflower	873	20	10	1
Tallahatchie	395	9	7	2
Tate	594	21	31	11
Tippah	269	12	0	0
Tishomingo	293	3	2	0
Tunica	224	5	12	2
Union	467	13	20	8
Walthall	420	17	55	9
Warren	930	24	79	10
Washington	1389	28	38	9
Wayne	717	21	56	10
Webster	176	12	52	11
Wilkinson	173	12	6	2
Winston	544	14	40	10
Yalobusha	303	10	35	7
Yazoo	747	11	21	2
Total	57,579	1,611	3,537	721

–Mississippi State Department of Health