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COVID-19 in Mississippi

New Cases and Deaths as of August 23

NEW CASES

3,291

New COVID-19 positive test results reported to MSDH as of 3 p.m. yesterday.

TOTAL MISSISSIPPI CASES

416,789

Totals by county

NEW DEATHS

111

New COVID-19 related deaths identified by MSDH as of 3 p.m. yesterday.

Forty-one deaths occurred between August 19 and August 23 in the counties below:

County list

70 deaths occurred between June 25 and August 20, identified from death certificate reports.

County list

TOTAL MISSISSIPPI DEATHS

8,158

Totals by county

LTC OUTBREAKS

184

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

LTC cases by county

About our case counts: We currently update our case totals each weekday based on test results reported to MSDH from the previous day (or weekend). 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.

Mississippi COVID-19 Data Charts and Maps

Our COVID-19 charts and maps section has demographic details of cases, deaths, hospitalizations, geographic distribution, and more.

All charts and maps

COVID-19 Data Reports

Variants PDF
Selected COVID-19 variants identified over time, determined from a sampling of COVID-19 cases since January 2021. Updated weekly
Vaccinations and vaccination status
COVID-19 vaccination totals and demographics, and chart of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status. Updated weekdays.
Deaths by cause
Deaths from COVID-19 pneumonia/influenza, and heart disease; updated weekly

Long-term care facilities
LTC and residential care facility cases and deaths reported to MSDH by facilities
Nursing homes
Ongoing outbreaks and other data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
Schools
Weekly COVID-19 cases, outbreaks and exposure reported by Mississippi K-12 schools

County totals
Total COVID-19 cases and deaths by county, race and ethnicity; updated weekdays
County snaphots
Weekly COVID-19 summaries for each Mississippi county
Counties by incidence
Counties ranked by weekly cases and incidence

Laboratory testing
Totals by test type from all Mississippi testing providers

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 and deaths totals may change as investigation finds new or additional information.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	3888	101	83	17
Alcorn	4383	80	129	20
Amite	1651	47	57	9
Attala	2820	79	187	36
Benton	1243	25	47	10
Bolivar	5493	140	237	33
Calhoun	2221	36	36	6
Carroll	1445	34	52	11
Chickasaw	2492	60	61	15
Choctaw	1036	21	11	0
Claiborne	1175	32	46	9
Clarke	2392	81	127	31
Clay	2514	60	41	5
Coahoma	3447	89	132	12
Copiah	3743	75	101	12
Covington	3640	88	142	39
De Soto	26204	297	120	26
Forrest	11551	190	278	59
Franklin	1005	26	41	5
George	3763	58	62	9
Greene	1795	39	57	6
Grenada	3118	92	154	32
Hancock	6052	94	71	15
Harrison	27814	376	510	73
Hinds	27843	515	830	137
Holmes	2318	78	106	20
Humphreys	1116	34	34	9
Issaquena	183	6	0	0
Itawamba	3743	84	135	24
Jackson	20049	280	265	37
Jasper	2803	51	44	2
Jefferson	805	30	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1471	37	9	1
Jones	11423	184	227	43
Kemper	1245	32	48	9
Lafayette	7290	129	190	55
Lamar	9113	101	55	12
Lauderdale	10116	262	458	102
Lawrence	1778	28	27	2
Leake	3521	77	92	16
Lee	12705	190	223	43
Leflore	4106	131	239	55
Lincoln	4642	122	199	40
Lowndes	8875	159	266	64
Madison	12659	244	409	70
Marion	3509	88	160	24
Marshall	5291	108	65	15
Monroe	5389	144	191	55
Montgomery	1514	47	54	9
Neshoba	5789	186	211	59
Newton	3257	67	87	15
Noxubee	1562	36	37	6
Oktibbeha	6009	105	227	36
Panola	5374	112	104	15
Pearl River	7139	174	208	41
Perry	1665	42	23	9
Pike	4595	122	136	37
Pontotoc	5187	83	86	13
Prentiss	3755	64	100	15
Quitman	938	20	0	0
Rankin	18835	319	475	66
Scott	3997	83	116	19
Sharkey	569	20	45	8
Simpson	3764	98	160	20
Smith	2172	40	69	8
Stone	3043	42	85	14
Sunflower	3831	99	124	20
Tallahatchie	2010	45	50	7
Tate	3778	90	80	19
Tippah	3831	75	120	14
Tishomingo	2773	74	102	27
Tunica	1319	29	18	2
Union	5048	84	132	23
Walthall	1778	53	69	13
Warren	5731	139	173	38
Washington	6143	142	193	41
Wayne	3588	55	80	13
Webster	1585	33	62	12
Wilkinson	896	33	25	5
Winston	2645	88	130	39
Yalobusha	1965	43	82	22
Yazoo	3826	82	149	20
Total	416,789	8,158	10,907	2,037

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	247,306	169,483	416,789
Deaths	5,578	2,580	8,158

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.