426 New Cases of COVID-19 in MS & 39 Deaths

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COVID-19 in Mississippi

New Cases and Deaths as of September 8

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

Trends and Data for Individual Counties

• Weekly COVID-19 summaries for each Mississippi county

High Cases and Incidence

• Mississippi counties ranked by weekly cases and incidence

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	830	32	46	12
Alcorn	694	9	17	1
Amite	286	9	14	2
Attala	605	25	90	20
Benton	207	1	2	0
Bolivar	1664	58	160	21
Calhoun	493	11	25	4
Carroll	297	12	45	9
Chickasaw	610	23	43	12
Choctaw	164	4	1	0
Claiborne	443	16	43	9
Clarke	494	32	55	13
Clay	514	16	3	1
Coahoma	1055	22	78	2
Copiah	1133	31	46	4
Covington	740	18	12	4
De Soto	4984	51*	58	12
Forrest	2242	68	157	40
Franklin	182	3	3	1
George	716	13	21	4
Greene	316	14	36	6
Grenada	986	32	103	18
Hancock	526	20	9	4
Harrison	3547	66	223	26
Hinds	6706	148	380	61
Holmes	1070	55	99	20
Humphreys	351	15	21	6
Issaquena	98	3	0	0
Itawamba	652	17	53	9
Jackson	3218	64	75	7
Jasper	507	13	1	0
Jefferson	227	9	11	3
Jefferson Davis	311	10	3	1
Jones	2246	76	178	36
Kemper	278	14*	39	9
Lafayette	1813	39	121	27
Lamar	1523	33	25	11
Lauderdale	1889	115	248	66
Lawrence	414	11	27	2
Leake	911	33	9	0
Lee	2382	63	147	29
Leflore	1275	76	187	45
Lincoln	1009	52	134	31
Lowndes	1326	56	96	32
Madison	3076	83	234	44
Marion	806	28	65	8
Marshall	1028	14	29	6
Monroe	1114	61	148	44
Montgomery	426	19*	34	9
Neshoba	1472	102	111	37
Newton	701	20	34	7
Noxubee	533	14	18	4
Oktibbeha	1607	46	191	30
Panola	1339	25	13	2
Pearl River	799	49	70	20
Perry	366	12	4	0
Pike	1180	46	80	21
Pontotoc	1135	13	6	1
Prentiss	703	15	47	3
Quitman	352	5	0	0
Rankin	3025	70	151	18
Scott	1126	23	16	3
Sharkey	256	10	43	8
Simpson	975	40	102	19
Smith	492	13	54	8
Stone	339	10	44	6
Sunflower	1317	42	56	10
Tallahatchie	680	13	13	2
Tate	893	35*	32	12
Tippah	578	16	3	0
Tishomingo	600	31	96	22
Tunica	459	13	12	2
Union	927	23	46	11
Walthall	579	24	67	13
Warren	1342	46	113	22
Washington	2086	68	105	22
Wayne	863	21	59	10
Webster	315	13	52	11
Wilkinson	284	17	15	4
Winston	710	19	40	11
Yalobusha	391	13	35	7
Yazoo	997	23	46	6
Total	87,805	2,623	5,428	1,083

* Note: A case in Montgomery County was incorrectly counted as a death. This error has been corrected. One death previously reported from Tate County should have been included in DeSoto County’s data and one death in Kemper County should have been included in Montgomery County’s data. All of these updates are reflected in the data above.

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	82,943	4,862	87,805
Deaths	2,447	176	2,623

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.

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

• Interactive chart of hospitalizations by date
• Interactive chart of local and state hospital bed availability

Daily Statewide Data Charts

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

• View interactive map
• View interactive epidemiological trend and syndromic surveillance

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

The statistical charts below are now updated weekly.

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.

• Full tables of counties ranked by weekly incidence and cases PDF

Syndromic Surveillance

Emergency department visits by those with symptoms characteristic of COVID-19, influenza and pneumonia, updated weekly.

Estimated Recoveries

Presumed COVID-19 cases recovered, estimated weekly (does not include cases still under investigation).

 

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