3,203 New Cases of COVID-19 & 46 Deaths for 1/8/2021

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COVID-19 in Mississippi

Saturday’s update will be delayed while we do extra data checking. We hope to have latest figures on cases and deaths soon.

New Cases and Deaths as of January 8

NEW CASES

3,203

New COVID-19 positive test results reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday.

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NEW DEATHS

New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday. Twenty-two deaths occurred between January 1 and January 8, 2021 in the counties below.

County	Total
Alcorn	1
Amite	1
Attala	1
Bolivar	2
Forrest	2
Jones	1
Lee	1
Madison	2
Panola	1
Pearl River	1
Pike	1
Pontotoc	1
Prentiss	1
Rankin	3
Union	2
Yalobusha	1

24 COVID-19 related deaths occurred between November 29 and January 4, identified from death certificate reports.

County	Total
Amite	1
Attala	1
Benton	1
Chickasaw	1
Choctaw	1
Desoto	1
Grenada	2
Harrison	2
Hinds	1
Issaquena	1
Lee	1
Marion	1
Monroe	1
Neshoba	1
Rankin	2
Sunflower	1
Tunica	1
Warren	3
Winston	1

LTC OUTBREAKS

221

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. Multiple positive 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

Race and Ethnicity

Total COVID-19 cases and deaths by county, race and ethnicity PDF
Current and past data tables, updated daily

Data Snapshots for Individual Counties

Weekly COVID-19 snapshots for each Mississippi county

High Cases and Incidence

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases, 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	1924	64	72	15
Alcorn	2469	45 *	127	19
Amite	931	25	54	7
Attala	1865	55 *	171	34
Benton	770	22	45	10
Bolivar	3796	101	223	30
Calhoun	1279	19	25	4
Carroll	1003	18	46	9
Chickasaw	1746	42	53	15
Choctaw	569	12	1	0
Claiborne	790	22	44	9
Clarke	1302	60	110	30
Clay	1480	31 *	24	3
Coahoma	2119	53	127	11
Copiah	2306	47	75	9
Covington	2019	68	135	39
De Soto	16090	152	111	22
Forrest	5667	110	224	48
Franklin	638	12	40	2
George	1841	37	48	7
Greene	1045	27	52	6
Grenada	2082	67	155	32
Hancock	2320	56 *	69	14
Harrison	12085	172 *	477	59
Hinds	15180	295	761	110
Holmes	1646	67	103	20
Humphreys	784	22	33	8
Issaquena	154	6	0	0
Itawamba	2486	56	124	22
Jackson	9522	166	215	28
Jasper	1586	31	35	2
Jefferson	504	17	30	4
Jefferson Davis	815	24	8	1
Jones	5825	101	215	41
Kemper	732	19	44	9
Lafayette	4633	87	187	52
Lamar	4562	61	52	13
Lauderdale	5428	173	407	88
Lawrence	971	17	27	2
Leake	2211	60	88	12
Lee	8403	133	214	41
Leflore	2890	104	233	50
Lincoln	2818	81	170	36
Lowndes	4976	98	210	44
Madison	7796	151	351	66
Marion	1948	69	157	22
Marshall	3211	63	64	15
Monroe	3369	96	189	53
Montgomery	1050	32	54	9
Neshoba	3201	148	197	56
Newton	1752	41	86	14
Noxubee	1047	20	32	4
Oktibbeha	3751	78	212	35
Panola	3455	73	102	13
Pearl River	2999	89	158	31
Perry	947	31	21	7
Pike	2437	75	119	34
Pontotoc	3424	49	37	4
Prentiss	2330	47	99	15
Quitman	637	7	0	0
Rankin	9872	186 *	364	53
Scott	2304	42	39	4
Sharkey	410	17	43	8
Simpson	2234	66	152	19
Smith	1132	20	58	8
Stone	1335	18	83	9
Sunflower	2689	67	111	16
Tallahatchie	1321	33	43	7
Tate	2549	58	80	19
Tippah	2206	43	101	5
Tishomingo	1724	56	101	27
Tunica	806	20	18	2
Union	3205	54	117	19
Walthall	1073	36	67	13
Warren	3166	88	163	37
Washington	4621	119	188	39
Wayne	1864	27	69	11
Webster	865	23 *	58	11
Wilkinson	558	24	24	5
Winston	1937	59	114	32
Yalobusha	1095	34	81	22
Yazoo	2286	52	139	18
Total	236,868	5,146	9,755	1,779

* Note: One death previously reported in Attala County has been corrected to Rankin County, one death previously reported in Hancock County has been corrected to Harrison County, and one death previously reported in Webster County has been corrected to Clay County. One death in Alcorn County was counted twice, and has been corrected.

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	156,621	80,247	236,868
Deaths	3,978	1,168	5,146

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

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 website of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). MSDH is providing the following links to view this data, which is reported directly by 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 Maps

All data reports below are updated as they become available.

Hospitalizations and Bed Availability

View interactive hospitalization charts

Hospitalization and ICU Use to Date

Updated weekly

Daily Case Maps

View all interactive maps

Recent COVID-19 Activity

The chart below shows counties according to COVID-19 incidence (cases by population) over the last 7 days.

See also: Weekly county incidence tables

Cumulative COVID-19 Cases

Total cases and deaths by county since the start of the pandemic.

See also: Weekly estimate of recoveries

Daily Statewide Data Charts

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

View interactive epidemiological and surveillance charts

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.