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1,005 New Cases of COVID-19 & 6 Deaths for 11/26/2020

November 27, 2020

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COVID-19 in Mississippi

New Cases and Deaths as of November 26

NEW CASES

1,005

NEW DEATHS

New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday. The deaths occurred between November 25 and November 26 in the counties below.

County	Total
Desoto	3
Lamar	1
Panola	1
Quitman	1

LTC OUTBREAKS

193

Current outbreaks in long-term care facilities only. (See LTC facility outbreak definition.)

Correction: Outbreaks reported as of November 23rd and 24th omitted personal care home outbreaks. The corrected numbers of long-term care outbreaks for these two days are 182 and 190.

About our case counts: We currently update our case totals each day based on test results from the previous day. Outside laboratories also report positive test results to us, which are included in our totals. Repeated tests for the same individual are counted only once. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information.

County COVID-19 Data

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	1411	50	64	14
Alcorn	1496	28	88	13
Amite	531	14	15	2
Attala	1122	34	118	23
Benton	491	17	44	9
Bolivar	2409	84	222	30
Calhoun	739	13	25	4
Carroll	721	15	45	9
Chickasaw	1071	32	48	14
Choctaw	323	7	1	0
Claiborne	583	16	43	9
Clarke	893	53	93	27
Clay	903	27	20	3
Coahoma	1501	43	126	11
Copiah	1630	40	71	9
Covington	1222	38	69	16
De Soto	9953	104	103	20
Forrest	3805	86	182	41
Franklin	336	5	4	1
George	1245	24	47	6
Greene	600	22	40	6
Grenada	1406	45	115	21
Hancock	1202	39	62	10
Harrison	7045	110	346	37
Hinds	9892	198	524	82
Holmes	1299	61	102	20
Humphreys	531	19	33	8
Issaquena	114	4	0	0
Itawamba	1515	34	89	17
Jackson	6270	119	123	15
Jasper	820	22	1	0
Jefferson	348	11	14	3
Jefferson Davis	565	17	8	1
Jones	3548	88	188	38
Kemper	425	18	41	9
Lafayette	3215	49	149	29
Lamar	2892	50	43	12
Lauderdale	3425	145	323	77
Lawrence	708	14	26	2
Leake	1335	43	42	7
Lee	5010	95	196	39
Leflore	2047	90	196	48
Lincoln	1887	65	166	36
Lowndes	2341	64	115	33
Madison	4734	106	291	53
Marion	1158	46	105	15
Marshall	2138	50	58	15
Monroe	1973	77	175	52
Montgomery	736	25	53	9
Neshoba	2196	118	156	43
Newton	1042	29	44	10
Noxubee	706	17	21	4
Oktibbeha	2443	62	193	31
Panola	2198	50	59	10
Pearl River	1508	67	103	23
Perry	661	26	20	7
Pike	1616	58	98	27
Pontotoc	1992	28	19	2
Prentiss	1442	30	88	9
Quitman	489	7	0	0
Rankin	5462	102	217	31
Scott	1521	29	30	3
Sharkey	309	17	43	8
Simpson	1467	53	138	19
Smith	705	16	55	8
Stone	761	14	58	9
Sunflower	1916	55	84	15
Tallahatchie	968	27	31	7
Tate	1680	51	71	18
Tippah	1245	30	61	4
Tishomingo	1089	42	96	26
Tunica	606	19	15	2
Union	1660	25	46	11
Walthall	763	28	67	13
Warren	1753	57	125	26
Washington	3161	107	186	39
Wayne	1172	23	59	10
Webster	434	14	52	11
Wilkinson	394	22	20	5
Winston	1216	24	62	11
Yalobusha	706	27	80	18
Yazoo	1542	39	137	15
Total	148,387	3,769	7,586	1,430

Case Classifications

Mississippi investigates and reports both probable and confirmed cases and deaths according to the CSTE case definition.

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	120,069	28,318	148,387
Deaths	3,292	477	3,769

Confirmed cases and deaths are generally determined by positive PCR tests, which detect the presence of ongoing coronavirus infection.

Probable cases are those who test positive by other testing methods such as antibody or antigen, and have recent symptoms consistent with COVID-19, indicating a recent infection.

Probable deaths are those individuals with a designation of COVID-19 as a cause of death on the death certificate, but where no confirmatory testing was performed.

Deaths from COVID-19 and Other Causes

This table of death counts compares COVID-19 deaths in Mississippi by week with deaths from other major causes, including contributing and underlying causes.

Mississippi Provisional Death Counts by Week
Updated weekly

K-12 School Report

Mississippi K-12 schools make weekly reports of cases among students, teachers and staff, number of outbreaks, and teachers and students under quarantine as a result of COVID-19 exposure. An outbreak in a school setting is defined as 3 or more individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the same group within a 14-day period.

Note: These cases have been directly reported to MSDH by each school, and may not yet have appeared in our state and county totals of cases reported by laboratories.

K-12 reports of COVID-19 school cases, outbreaks and exposure
Updated weekly

Long-Term Care Facility Cases and Outbreaks

Long-term care (LTC) facilities like nursing homes are considered high risk locations because their residents are older or in poor health. A single confirmed COVID-19 infection in an LTC facility resident, or more than one infection in employees or staff in a 14-day period constitutes an outbreak. Residential care facilities also represent group living facilities where COVID-19 can be easily spread. We investigate residents, staff and close contacts of infected individuals for possible exposure.

These outbreak figures are reported directly to MSDH by the facility. Many of the cases and deaths reported by facilities may not yet be included in our totals of lab-reported cases.

Mississippi COVID-19 cases and deaths in long-term care facilities PDF
Long-term care facilities include nursing homes, personal care homes, assisted living homes, and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disability (ICF-IID)
Mississippi COVID-19 cases and deaths in residential care facilities PDF
Residential care facilities include psychiatric or chemical dependency residential treatment centers and long-term acute care facilities.

Ongoing Outbreaks in Nursing Homes

Because nursing homes report COVID-19 data directly to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), we have replaced our usual long-term care facility report with the most recent CMS nursing home data, avoiding duplicate reporting requirements for these facilities.

Data such as illness in residents and staff, deaths in residents, as well as a number of other data elements are now publicly available on the CMS website. MSDH is providing the following links to view this data, which is reported directly by the Nursing Homes and is updated daily.

Note: Cases and deaths listed on the CMS website may not have appeared yet in our county totals, which are based on reports from testing laboratories.

Mississippi COVID-19 Data Charts and Map

Detailed charts of COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations will resume on Saturday.

All data reports below are updated as they become available.

Hospitalizations and Bed Availability

Interactive charts of hospitalizations

Hospitalization and ICU Use to Date

Updated weekly

Daily Statewide Data Charts

Our state case map and other data charts are also available in interactive form.

The charts below are based on available data at the time of publication. Charts do not include cases where insufficient details of the case are known.

Note: Values up to two weeks in the past on the chart of Cases by Date above can change as we update it with new information from disease investigation.

Weekly Statewide Data Summaries

Weekly Pediatric MIS-C Cases and Deaths

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare but serious condition associated with COVID-19 that causes inflammation in many body parts, including the heart and other vital organs.

Weekly High Case and High Incidence Counties

Tracking counties with recent high numbers of COVID-19 cases, adjusted for population, provides insight on where local outbreaks are most serious, and where protective measures should be increased. For more accurate reporting, these weekly charts include sample collection dates only up to seven days in the past to allow for case investigation and delays in lab test reports.

Cases counts in these charts is based on the date of illness onset. If the date of illness is not known, the date the test sample was taken, or the date of test result reporting is used instead. Counts are adjusted as cases are investigated.

Counties are ranked by highest weekly case counts, and by weekly incidence (cases proportional to population). A separate table ranking all counties is also available. All tables updated weekly.