277 MS Covid -19 Cases Reported 9/20/20

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MSDH is reporting an additional 277 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 1 death.

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
Adams	919	36
Alcorn	773	11
Amite	311	10
Attala	641	25
Benton	219	1
Bolivar	1794	65
Calhoun	506	12
Carroll	312	12
Chickasaw	655	24
Choctaw	179	5
Claiborne	452	16
Clarke	535	39
Clay	578	17
Coahoma	1123	27
Copiah	1162	33
Covington	805	22
De Soto	5411	55
Forrest	2390	70
Franklin	189	3
George	749	13
Greene	345	17
Grenada	1061	35
Hancock	561	21
Harrison	3732	72
Hinds	6974	155
Holmes	1092	58
Humphreys	373	15
Issaquena	103	3
Itawamba	762	21
Jackson	3388	67
Jasper	554	15
Jefferson	242	9
Jefferson Davis	325	11
Jones	2420	78
Kemper	286	15
Lafayette	2084	39
Lamar	1631	34
Lauderdale	1999	124
Lawrence	425	12
Leake	939	37
Lee	2606	67
Leflore	1369	80
Lincoln	1067	53
Lowndes	1399	57
Madison	3208	86
Marion	841	33
Marshall	1076	15
Monroe	1188	65
Montgomery	455	20
Neshoba	1536	103
Newton	757	23
Noxubee	543	15
Oktibbeha	1750	50
Panola	1440	27
Pearl River	865	50
Perry	407	18
Pike	1212	48
Pontotoc	1234	16
Prentiss	811	17
Quitman	374	5
Rankin	3190	75
Scott	1164	25
Sharkey	263	12
Simpson	1011	43
Smith	523	14
Stone	355	11
Sunflower	1417	44
Tallahatchie	754	18
Tate	951	37
Tippah	642	16
Tishomingo	658	37
Tunica	479	13
Union	978	24
Walthall	593	25
Warren	1381	50
Washington	2179	71
Wayne	877	21
Webster	331	13
Wilkinson	302	17
Winston	724	19
Yalobusha	417	14
Yazoo	1038	29
Total	93,364	2,810

Case Classifications

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

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	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	87,045	6,319	93,364
Deaths	2,591	219	2,810

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 Deaths Counts by Week
Updated weekly

K-12 School Report by County

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. These reports are then summarized by county. Note: 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.

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 school cases, outbreaks and exposure totals by county
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

This weekly table of ongoing outbreaks lists all facilities that have reported a current, active outbreak of COVID-19. The reported totals are for cases and deaths associated with the current outbreak only.

Note: The cases and deaths in this document have been reported to us directly by the facilities, and may not have appeared yet in our county totals, which are based on reports from testing laboratories.

Mississippi long-term care facilities with active COVID-19 outbreaks
Current and past listings

Mississippi COVID-19 Data Charts and Map

All data reports below are updated as they become available.

Hospitalizations and Bed Availability

Daily Statewide Data Charts

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

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.