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MSDH has found a data problem in today’s COVID-19 report. Corrected update will be issued later in the day!

COVID-19 in Mississippi

New Cases and Deaths as of December 8

NEW CASES

3,658

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

NEW DEATHS

New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday. Twenty-five deaths occurred between December 4 and December 8 in the counties below.

County	Total
Amite	1
Benton	1
Grenada	1
Hinds	3
Humphreys	1
Itawamba	1
Lafayette	2
Lauderdale	1
Lincoln	2
Madison	4
Neshoba	1
Newton	1
Sunflower	1
Tippah	3
Union	1
Winston	1

LTC OUTBREAKS

203

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. 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.

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

Data Snapshots for Individual Counties

Weekly COVID-19 snapshots for each Mississippi county

High 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	1553	52	70	14
Alcorn	1698	31	93	14
Amite	679	16	18	3
Attala	1346	37	134	24
Benton	543	19	44	10
Bolivar	2720	89	224	30
Calhoun	877	14	25	4
Carroll	820	15	46	9
Chickasaw	1227	33	48	14
Choctaw	401	7	1	0
Claiborne	603	16	43	9
Clarke	1009	55	93	27
Clay	1028	27	20	3
Coahoma	1689	46	127	11
Copiah	1861	42	72	9
Covington	1486	51	94	23
De Soto	11437	110	103	20
Forrest	4270	90	187	41
Franklin	426	6	4	1
George	1459	27	47	6
Greene	815	23	48	6
Grenada	1565	49	135	23
Hancock	1422	45	68	12
Harrison	8180	117	392	38
Hinds	11286	213	552	85
Holmes	1430	61	103	20
Humphreys	597	21	33	8
Issaquena	132	4	0	0
Itawamba	1766	42	100	18
Jackson	7144	137	206	21
Jasper	979	24	1	0
Jefferson	399	12	15	3
Jefferson Davis	630	18	8	1
Jones	4126	90	195	38
Kemper	576	19	41	9
Lafayette	3582	62	152	37
Lamar	3287	50	44	12
Lauderdale	4031	152	344	81
Lawrence	791	14	27	2
Leake	1524	45	45	7
Lee	5948	99	202	39
Leflore	2256	94	196	48
Lincoln	2144	71	166	36
Lowndes	2957	70	129	37
Madison	5556	118	298	57
Marion	1364	50	124	19
Marshall	2427	53	59	15
Monroe	2334	78	176	52
Montgomery	855	27	54	9
Neshoba	2484	126	176	50
Newton	1248	30	55	10
Noxubee	780	17	21	4
Oktibbeha	2729	64	201	31
Panola	2602	57	73	11
Pearl River	1841	72	127	25
Perry	722	27	20	7
Pike	1799	61	98	27
Pontotoc	2393	32	20	3
Prentiss	1674	36	93	12
Quitman	532	7	0	0
Rankin	6825	117	267	33
Scott	1772	30	32	3
Sharkey	343	17	43	8
Simpson	1638	54	142	19
Smith	825	16	55	8
Stone	913	15	61	9
Sunflower	2043	57	84	15
Tallahatchie	1059	28	33	7
Tate	1981	51	72	18
Tippah	1468	33	62	4
Tishomingo	1239	47	96	26
Tunica	656	19	15	2
Union	2017	27	50	11
Walthall	844	31	67	13
Warren	2026	60	147	27
Washington	3556	108	187	39
Wayne	1356	24	61	10
Webster	531	14	52	11
Wilkinson	461	22	20	5
Winston	1455	31	88	17
Yalobusha	817	29	81	21
Yazoo	1720	42	138	15
Total	171,584	4,042	8,143	1,506

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	130,509	41,075	171,584
Deaths	3,454	588	4,042

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

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 website of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). MSDH is providing the following links to view this data, which is reported directly by 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 Maps

All data reports below are updated as they become available.

Hospitalizations and Bed Availability

View interactive hospitalization charts

Hospitalization and ICU Use to Date

Updated weekly

Daily Case Maps

View all interactive maps

Recent COVID-19 Activity

The chart below shows counties according to COVID-19 incidence (cases by population) over the last 7 days.

See also: Weekly county incidence tables

Cumulative COVID-19 Cases

Total cases and deaths by county since the start of the pandemic.

See also: Weekly estimate of recoveries

Daily Statewide Data Charts

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

View interactive epidemiological and surveillance charts

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.