COVID-19 Continues to Climb

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COVID-19 in Mississippi

New Cases and Deaths as of August 24

NEW CASES

3,385

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

TOTAL MISSISSIPPI CASES

420,174

Totals by county

NEW DEATHS

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

Nineteen deaths occurred between August 5 and August 24 in the counties below:

County list

Three deaths occurred between August 17 and August 19, identified from death certificate reports.

County list

TOTAL MISSISSIPPI DEATHS

8,180

Totals by county

LTC OUTBREAKS

186

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	3910	102	83	17
Alcorn	4414	80	129	20
Amite	1683	48	57	9
Attala	2837	79	187	36
Benton	1255	25	47	10
Bolivar	5508	140	237	33
Calhoun	2264	36	36	6
Carroll	1452	34	52	11
Chickasaw	2509	60	61	15
Choctaw	1041	21	11	0
Claiborne	1181	32	46	9
Clarke	2414	81	127	31
Clay	2531	60	41	5
Coahoma	3464	90	132	12
Copiah	3773	75	102	12
Covington	3670	87 *	142	39
De Soto	26328	297	120	26
Forrest	11682	193	278	59
Franklin	1009	26	41	5
George	3825	59	62	9
Greene	1808	39	57	6
Grenada	3125	92	154	32
Hancock	6160	94	71	15
Harrison	28104	379	517	73
Hinds	28101	516	831	137
Holmes	2329	78	106	20
Humphreys	1118	34	34	9
Issaquena	184	6	0	0
Itawamba	3771	84	135	24
Jackson	20209	281	266	37
Jasper	2820	51	44	2
Jefferson	811	31	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1483	37	9	1
Jones	11542	185 *	227	43
Kemper	1251	34	49	10
Lafayette	7304	129	190	55
Lamar	9181	102	55	12
Lauderdale	10219	262	459	102
Lawrence	1809	28	27	2
Leake	3540	77	92	16
Lee	12786	190	223	43
Leflore	4124	131	239	55
Lincoln	4658	122	199	40
Lowndes	8922	159	266	64
Madison	12793	245	409	70
Marion	3545	88	160	24
Marshall	5317	108	65	15
Monroe	5423	144	191	55
Montgomery	1521	47	54	9
Neshoba	5822	187	210	59
Newton	3280	67	87	15
Noxubee	1572	36	37	6
Oktibbeha	6045	106	227	36
Panola	5403	112	104	15
Pearl River	7218	174	209	41
Perry	1680	42	23	9
Pike	4660	122	136	37
Pontotoc	5209	83	86	13
Prentiss	3778	64	101	15
Quitman	938	20	0	0
Rankin	19126	319	478	66
Scott	4025	83	116	19
Sharkey	570	20	45	8
Simpson	3775	100	159	20
Smith	2212	40	72	8
Stone	3062	43	85	14
Sunflower	3836	99	124	20
Tallahatchie	2021	45	50	7
Tate	3782	90	80	19
Tippah	3852	75	120	14
Tishomingo	2804	74	102	27
Tunica	1331	29	18	2
Union	5072	84	132	23
Walthall	1789	53	69	13
Warren	5797	139	173	38
Washington	6163	142	193	41
Wayne	3609	55	80	13
Webster	1605	33	62	12
Wilkinson	908	33	25	5
Winston	2683	88	130	39
Yalobusha	1982	43	82	22
Yazoo	3857	82	149	20
Total	420,174	8,180	10,925	2,038

* Note: A death previously reported in Covington County has been corrected to Jones County.

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	248,795	171,379	420,174
Deaths	5,594	2,586	8,180

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.