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586 New Cases of COVID-19 & No Deaths 10/18/2020

October 19, 2020

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COVID-19 in Mississippi

New Cases and Deaths as of October 18

NEW CASES

586

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

233 of these cases were reported as of Saturday the 17th.

353 cases were reported as of Sunday the 18th

NEW DEATHS

New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday. deaths occurred between October 7 and October 15 in the counties below.

County	Total
	0

LTC OUTBREAKS

127

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	1043	42	59	13
Alcorn	955	12	18	2
Amite	415	13	15	2
Attala	765	25	90	20
Benton	305	4	14	0
Bolivar	1980	75	217	30
Calhoun	609	12	25	4
Carroll	460	12	45	9
Chickasaw	820	24	44	13
Choctaw	203	6	1	0
Claiborne	532	16	43	9
Clarke	714	48	93	25
Clay	672	21	19	3
Coahoma	1231	36	87	6
Copiah	1346	36	71	7
Covington	916	25	35	10
De Soto	6636	77	80	16
Forrest	2951	77	176	41
Franklin	230	3	4	1
George	935	17	36	6
Greene	453	17	40	6
Grenada	1201	37	113	20
Hancock	769	27	41	6
Harrison	4811	81	255	32
Hinds	7751	171	463	74
Holmes	1132	60	101	20
Humphreys	399	16	21	6
Issaquena	106	3	0	0
Itawamba	1090	24	87	17
Jackson	4319	78	87	8
Jasper	666	16	1	0
Jefferson	263	10	13	3
Jefferson Davis	394	11	5	1
Jones	2831	82	183	37
Kemper	318	15	41	9
Lafayette	2417	42	123	28
Lamar	2149	38	39	11
Lauderdale	2344	130	261	74
Lawrence	495	14	26	2
Leake	1122	39	35	5
Lee	3413	79	180	37
Leflore	1600	86	193	47
Lincoln	1348	54	158	32
Lowndes	1739	62	98	33
Madison	3717	92	238	45
Marion	932	42	92	14
Marshall	1326	26	44	10
Monroe	1448	72	170	52
Montgomery	527	23	52	9
Neshoba	1806	111	130	39
Newton	842	27	39	9
Noxubee	595	16	20	4
Oktibbeha	1946	54	193	31
Panola	1651	36	43	6
Pearl River	1082	56	93	22
Perry	480	22	20	7
Pike	1364	55	97	27
Pontotoc	1435	19	16	2
Prentiss	1016	19	48	3
Quitman	413	6	0	0
Rankin	3808	86	173	23
Scott	1232	29	21	3
Sharkey	277	14	43	8
Simpson	1181	48	117	19
Smith	581	16	54	8
Stone	450	14	55	9
Sunflower	1574	49	82	14
Tallahatchie	818	25	29	7
Tate	1127	39	51	13
Tippah	851	20	56	0
Tishomingo	790	40	96	26
Tunica	518	17	15	2
Union	1139	25	46	11
Walthall	633	27	67	13
Warren	1521	54	119	25
Washington	2514	97	159	38
Wayne	985	21	59	10
Webster	365	13	52	11
Wilkinson	329	20	20	5
Winston	815	21	42	11
Yalobusha	484	14	36	7
Yazoo	1172	33	83	12
Total	110,592	3,171	6,506	1,280

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	98,947	11,645	110,592
Deaths	2,879	292	3,171

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

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.