Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday extended the statewide mask mandate for two more weeks.

The original order, issued on Aug. 4, requires most people over the age of 6 to wear face coverings in indoor public places and outdoors in situations where social distancing isn’t possible. It also requires masks on school campuses.  

Reeves also revised an order limiting crowd sizes at extracurricular events. The original order limited attendance to two spectators per participant for public and private schools; the revised order allows for 25 percent capacity at extracurricular activities. 

“Nothing is without risk, but we have to allow life to go on,” Reeves said during a Monday news conference, urging the public to follow social distancing guidelines over the Labor Day weekend.

“Please continue to make the effort,” he said. “If we keep trying, if we keep working together, if we keep doing the little things, we will see things improve.” 

 

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 274 new cases of COVID-19 and 32 coronavirus-related deaths on Monday. One of those new cases was in Lauderdale County, but no new deaths were reported in the county.

The numbers reflect test results reported by 6 p.m. Sunday.

Eighteen new cases were reported in Lauderdale County on Sunday, and five new cases on Saturday. 

Since the state began tracking statistics in March, 82,950 cases have been reported and 2,473 deaths have been reported. Mississippi presumes 62,707 people have recovered from COVID-19.

Lauderdale County has reported 1,756 cases and 106 deaths since March.

Nineteen of the deaths reported Sunday occurred between July 8 and Aug. 24 and were identified through death certificates.

The state reported 158 active outbreaks at long-term-care facilities on Monday. 

Clarke County reported no new cases on Monday for a total of 462; Neshoba County one new case for 1,430; and Newton County one new case for 665. No new cases were reported in Kemper County, where 270 cases have been reported since March.

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	791	32	46	12
Alcorn	630	6	17	1
Amite	275	7	14	2
Attala	583	25	90	20
Benton	193	1	2	0
Bolivar	1492	49	77	13
Calhoun	470	10	23	4
Carroll	292	12	45	9
Chickasaw	592	22	43	12
Choctaw	155	4	0	0
Claiborne	440	16	43	9
Clarke	462	30	31	9
Clay	473	15	3	1
Coahoma	984	19	77	2
Copiah	1095	31	30	4
Covington	718	17	9	4
De Soto	4624	44	49	9
Forrest	2128	62	121	35
Franklin	175	3	3	1
George	685	13	5	2
Greene	295	14	35	6
Grenada	947	32	88	17
Hancock	495	20	8	4
Harrison	3300	57	149	18
Hinds	6531	140	360	59
Holmes	1041	54	98	20
Humphreys	336	14	20	6
Issaquena	97	3	0	0
Itawamba	557	17	51	9
Jackson	3005	60	74	7
Jasper	481	13	1	0
Jefferson	221	9	8	2
Jefferson Davis	303	9	3	1
Jones	2159	72	174	35
Kemper	270	15	38	9
Lafayette	1436	35	121	25
Lamar	1437	29	10	5
Lauderdale	1756	106	213	58
Lawrence	402	10	18	1
Leake	878	31	4	0
Lee	2177	56	146	28
Leflore	1235	75	185	45
Lincoln	971	51	129	30
Lowndes	1285	54	92	29
Madison	2971	83	230	41
Marion	781	26	48	6
Marshall	945	12	27	5
Monroe	1037	59	148	44
Montgomery	410	17	25	7
Neshoba	1430	100	109	37
Newton	665	17	14	4
Noxubee	519	14	17	4
Oktibbeha	1439	46	185	29
Panola	1294	23	13	2
Pearl River	751	48	66	19
Perry	294	9	0	0
Pike	1132	45	74	19
Pontotoc	1059	12	6	1
Prentiss	624	13	46	3
Quitman	322	3	0	0
Rankin	2850	63	131	17
Scott	1093	22	15	3
Sharkey	251	8	42	7
Simpson	938	39	100	20
Smith	467	13	54	8
Stone	316	10	28	3
Sunflower	1260	39	50	10
Tallahatchie	630	13	9	2
Tate	856	32	32	12
Tippah	548	15	2	0
Tishomingo	556	29	93	21
Tunica	450	12	12	2
Union	881	23	41	11
Walthall	564	24	67	13
Warren	1314	46	109	22
Washington	1989	61	82	20
Wayne	847	21	58	10
Webster	304	13	52	11
Wilkinson	277	17	8	4
Winston	695	19	40	11
Yalobusha	365	12	35	7
Yazoo	954	21	29	4
Total	82,950	2,473	4,850	1,002