Gov. Tate Reeves signed an amended order Friday allowing tattoo parlors and dance studios to reopen under similar restrictions to those issued for barber shops, salons and gyms.

Tattoo parlors must be deep-cleaned daily and only one customer per employee is allowed inside at a time.

Employees in contact with customers are to wear masks and gloves and customers must wear masks.

Reeves announced casinos would be allowed to open on May 21. 

“It will not be at full capacity,” he said in a news conference Friday. “There will be social distancing rules in place, but it is progress.”

Under the amended order, restaurants that do not serve alcohol are permitted to offer in-house dining to the public 24 hours a day.

“None of these reopening efforts mean that the danger is gone,” Reeves said.

The Mississippi State Department of Health confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19 in Lauderdale County Friday, for a total of 566.

Records show 45 people from the county have died from the virus, including 27 who lived in long-term care facilities.

Lauderdale County has the second highest total of cases in Mississippi and the highest total of deaths, according to the latest update.

The county also has the highest number of outbreaks at long-term care and residential care facilities, with a total of 15.

As of Friday, 23 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were being hospitalized at Anderson Regional Medical Center, according to Anderson’s website.

Rush Foundation Hospital is not reporting daily COVID-19 hospitalizations.

The Meridian Housing Authority began distributing 4,800 masks to its nine sites Friday morning. Residents are required to wear the masks when they are outside.

The Lauderdale County Emergency Management Agency will be issuing reusable face masks to county residents starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 16.

Distribution sites include: Meridian Community College Dulaney Center on Hwy 19 N; The Meridian Little Theater on Hwy 39 N; and the LEMA Office at 2525 14th St., Meridian.

LEMA will distribute masks while supplies last or until noon.

There is a limited supply and LEMA stated it is working to secure additional masks.

MSDH confirmed 97 cases and 11 deaths in Clarke County, 100 cases and seven deaths in Kemper County, 369 cases and 19 deaths in Neshoba County and 172 cases and two deaths in Newton County.

MSDH reported 318 new cases in Mississippi Friday, for a total of 10,801 and 13 additional deaths, for a total of 493. Two of the deaths were identified through death certificate reports from May 4-5, MSDH said.

The health department reported that as of Thursday, 106,823 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Mississippi.

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	166	15	39	8
Alcorn	12	1	0	0
Amite	41	0	6	0
Attala	224	5	64	5
Benton	13	0	1	0
Bolivar	127	10	16	4
Calhoun	58	4	23	4
Carroll	109	4	45	3
Chickasaw	114	11	32	7
Choctaw	19	2	0	0
Claiborne	48	0	0	0
Clarke	97	11	14	5
Clay	78	3	0	0
Coahoma	75	3	0	0
Copiah	190	1	1	0
Covington	104	0 *	1	0
DeSoto	369	5	9	1
Forrest	380	26	69	14
Franklin	19	1	1	0
George	18	1	0	0
Greene	7	1	0	0
Grenada	58	2	14	2
Hancock	78	10	6	3
Harrison	214	6	1	1
Hinds	745	20	70	12
Holmes	278	19	51	9
Humphreys	42	5	11	3
Itawamba	75	7	33	6
Jackson	283	13	39	4
Jasper	110	3	1	0
Jefferson	34	0	0	0
Jefferson Davis	67	2 *	3	1
Jones	304	7	39	2
Kemper	100	7	23	4
Lafayette	107	3	37	0
Lamar	166	4	3	2
Lauderdale	566	45	135	27
Lawrence	74	0	1	0
Leake	351	6	3	0
Lee	85	4	5	0
Leflore	199	22	51	11
Lincoln	197	17	67	13
Lowndes	108	4	9	2
Madison	507	17	67	11
Marion	86	7	14	2
Marshall	65	2	2	0
Monroe	215	23	92	20
Montgomery	71	1	0	0
Neshoba	369	19	46	9
Newton	172	2	2	0
Noxubee	132	2	9	2
Oktibbeha	99	6	28	4
Panola	47	2	0	0
Pearl River	195	26	42	8
Perry	36	2	0	0
Pike	174	10	14	5
Pontotoc	25	2	3	0
Prentiss	36	2	22	2
Quitman	20	0	0	0
Rankin	276	6	5	0
Scott	504	6	10	1
Sharkey	5	0	0	0
Simpson	75	0	4	0
Smith	109	7	27	4
Stone	24	0	0	0
Sunflower	69	3	0	0
Tallahatchie	18	1	0	0
Tate	55	0	2	0
Tippah	67	11	0	0
Tishomingo	13	0	1	0
Tunica	44	2	12	2
Union	59	4	18	3
Walthall	44	0	0	0
Warren	129	4	33	2
Washington	100	4	4	1
Wayne	33	0	3	0
Webster	22	1	0	0
Wilkinson	78	9	5	2
Winston	73	0	0	0
Yalobusha	66	0	24	0
Yazoo	180	2	4	0
Total	10,801	493	1,416	231

* Note: One death that was previously reported from Covington County has been corrected to Jefferson Davis County.

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

–Mississippi Department of Health