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1,092 New Cases of COVID-19 & 16 Deaths for 11/24/2020

November 25, 2020

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COVID-19 in Mississippi

New Cases and Deaths as of November 24

NEW CASES

1,092

NEW DEATHS

New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday. Fifteen deaths occurred between November 2 and November 24 in the counties below.

County	Total
Adams	1
Alcorn	2
Bolivar	1
Covington	1
Hinds	2
Jackson	1
Jones	1
Lauderdale	1
Madison	1
Perry	1
Rankin	2
Tishomingo	1

1 COVID-19 related death occurred November 12, identified from death certificate reports.

County	Total
Kemper	1

LTC OUTBREAKS

158

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

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	1379	49	64	14
Alcorn	1463	27	88	13
Amite	518	14	15	2
Attala	1098	33	112	22
Benton	487	17	44	9
Bolivar	2401	84	222	30
Calhoun	729	13	25	4
Carroll	706	14	45	9
Chickasaw	1041	32	48	14
Choctaw	311	7	1	0
Claiborne	576	16	43	9
Clarke	888	53	93	27
Clay	871	27	20	3
Coahoma	1487	43	126	11
Copiah	1595	40	71	9
Covington	1197	37	69	16
De Soto	9731	99	103	20
Forrest	3713	86	177	41
Franklin	326	5	4	1
George	1223	24	47	6
Greene	584	22	40	6
Grenada	1377	45	115	21
Hancock	1159	39	62	10
Harrison	6898	109	331	37
Hinds	9668	197	523	82
Holmes	1265	61	102	20
Humphreys	529	18	33	7
Issaquena	112	4	0	0
Itawamba	1482	34	89	17
Jackson	6178	119	118	15
Jasper	812	22	1	0
Jefferson	342	11	13	3
Jefferson Davis	550	17	9	1
Jones	3467	88	188	38
Kemper	419	18	41	9
Lafayette	3175	49	133	29
Lamar	2834	49	43	12
Lauderdale	3355	144	323	77
Lawrence	703	14	26	2
Leake	1319	43	42	7
Lee	4876	95	196	39
Leflore	2014	90	196	48
Lincoln	1868	65	166	36
Lowndes	2297	63	115	33
Madison	4666	106	290	53
Marion	1116	46	95	15
Marshall	2096	50	58	15
Monroe	1914	77	175	52
Montgomery	721	25	53	9
Neshoba	2177	115	156	41
Newton	1036	29	44	10
Noxubee	697	17	21	4
Oktibbeha	2408	61	193	31
Panola	2158	49	59	10
Pearl River	1465	67	100	23
Perry	654	26	20	7
Pike	1606	58	98	27
Pontotoc	1961	28	19	2
Prentiss	1412	30	88	9
Quitman	481	6	0	0
Rankin	5319	100	214	29
Scott	1507	29	30	3
Sharkey	307	17	43	8
Simpson	1451	53	138	19
Smith	696	16	55	8
Stone	731	14	58	9
Sunflower	1905	55	84	15
Tallahatchie	963	27	31	7
Tate	1654	51	71	18
Tippah	1230	30	61	4
Tishomingo	1065	42	96	26
Tunica	596	19	15	2
Union	1639	25	46	11
Walthall	753	28	67	13
Warren	1726	57	125	26
Washington	3122	107	186	39
Wayne	1162	23	59	10
Webster	421	14	52	11
Wilkinson	387	22	20	5
Winston	1191	24	62	11
Yalobusha	700	27	80	18
Yazoo	1520	39	137	15
Total	145,636	3,745	7,521	1,424

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	118,597	27,039	145,636
Deaths	3,273	472	3,745

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

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.