711 New Cases of COVID-19 in MS & 22 Deaths 9/15/2020

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COVID-19 in Mississippi

New Cases and Deaths as of September 15

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	881	33	47	12
Alcorn	746	10	18	2
Amite	303	10	14	2
Attala	633	25	90	20
Benton	208	1	2	0
Bolivar	1750	64	197	25
Calhoun	506	12	25	4
Carroll	306	12	45	9
Chickasaw	631	24	43	13
Choctaw	177	5	3	0
Claiborne	447	16	43	9
Clarke	519	37	59	17
Clay	559	16	16	1
Coahoma	1089	26	79	2
Copiah	1145	33	46	4
Covington	787	21	28	6
De Soto	5276	53	63	13
Forrest	2294	68	170	40
Franklin	183	3	3	1
George	740	13	27	6
Greene	333	16	36	6
Grenada	1026	34	105	20
Hancock	544	20	9	4
Harrison	3660	71	237	29
Hinds	6884	152	400	62
Holmes	1076	58	100	20
Humphreys	368	15	21	6
Issaquena	102	3	0	0
Itawamba	729	21	77	16
Jackson	3326	66	75	7
Jasper	532	14	1	0
Jefferson	234	9	12	3
Jefferson Davis	317	11	3	1
Jones	2340	77	180	37
Kemper	284	15	39	9
Lafayette	1993	39	122	28
Lamar	1548	33	27	11
Lauderdale	1977	122	260	71
Lawrence	421	12	26	2
Leake	932	35	17	2
Lee	2515	66	153	30
Leflore	1332	79	189	45
Lincoln	1026	52	142	32
Lowndes	1380	57	98	33
Madison	3164	85	238	45
Marion	828	32	73	9
Marshall	1059	14	31	6
Monroe	1166	65	162	50
Montgomery	444	20	47	9
Neshoba	1513	103	111	37
Newton	742	22	34	7
Noxubee	539	15	19	4
Oktibbeha	1725	49	193	31
Panola	1403	26	13	2
Pearl River	833	49	71	20
Perry	382	16	15	3
Pike	1198	48	80	21
Pontotoc	1196	16	7	1
Prentiss	773	17	48	3
Quitman	359	5	0	0
Rankin	3121	73	154	18
Scott	1149	25	17	3
Sharkey	258	11	43	8
Simpson	998	41	104	18
Smith	515	14	54	8
Stone	345	11	50	7
Sunflower	1369	43	69	11
Tallahatchie	725	17	29	3
Tate	943	37	32	13
Tippah	620	16	5	0
Tishomingo	640	35	96	24
Tunica	470	13	12	2
Union	962	23	46	11
Walthall	585	25	67	13
Warren	1362	49	113	24
Washington	2147	71	110	23
Wayne	864	21	60	10
Webster	326	13	52	11
Wilkinson	299	17	20	5
Winston	718	19	40	11
Yalobusha	410	14	35	7
Yazoo	1025	27	46	8
Total	91,234	2,756	5,743	1,146

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	85,384	5,850	91,234
Deaths	2,562	194	2,756

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

• 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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