Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Mississippi COVID-19 Hotline (7 days a week, 7 a.m.–7 p.m.): 877-978-6453 or 601-965-4071

General Information

• COVID-19 vaccinations and Mississippi vaccination summary
• Counties with mask mandates and gathering restrictions
• COVID-19 overview, questions and answers, and other resources
• COVID-19 and You: Video Q & A with State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs
• ASL, Spanish and Vietnamese materials

COVID-19 in Mississippi

New Cases and Deaths as of January 15

Statewide COVID-19 Data

• K-12 School Reports
  Weekly COVID-19 cases, outbreaks and exposure reported by Mississippi schools
• Long-Term Care Facility and Residential Care Facility COVID-19 Reports
  Data reported directly to MSDH by the facility; cases and deaths in these reports may not yet be included in our totals of lab-reported cases.
• Ongoing Outbreaks in Nursing Homes
  A wide variety of data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
• Deaths from COVID-19 and Other Causes PDF
  Provisional counts by week of deaths from COVID-19, pneumonia/influenza, and heart disease
• Laboratory Testing
  Number and type of COVID-19 tests performed
• Mississippi COVID-19 Vaccination Report PDF
  Vaccinations distributed and administered as reported to MSDH by vaccination providers
• Statewide data charts

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

• Map of Mississippi counties by 7-day incidence
• Table of counties ranked by weekly cases and incidence

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 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	2032	70	72	15
Alcorn	2626	53	128	20
Amite	968	25	54	7
Attala	1931	58	173	34
Benton	810	23	45	10
Bolivar	3955	106	225	31
Calhoun	1351	21	27	4
Carroll	1041	21	47	9
Chickasaw	1829	44	53	15
Choctaw	600	13	1	0
Claiborne	855	25	45	9
Clarke	1374	60	110	30
Clay	1582	33	24	3
Coahoma	2285	54	128	11
Copiah	2391	49	75	9
Covington	2104	71	135	39
De Soto	17010	171	111	22
Forrest	5917	118	224	50
Franklin	658	15	40	4
George	1979	38	59	7
Greene	1091	29	52	6
Grenada	2170	70	155	32
Hancock	2604	58	69	14
Harrison	13250	193	477	61
Hinds	16091	318	776	113
Holmes	1681	67	103	20
Humphreys	826	24	33	8
Issaquena	159	6	0	0
Itawamba	2611	59	125	22
Jackson	10216	182	217	29
Jasper	1677	35	35	2
Jefferson	534	19	30	4
Jefferson Davis	840	25	8	1
Jones	6222	109	217	41
Kemper	766	20	44	9
Lafayette	4911	92	188	54
Lamar	4804	65	52	13
Lauderdale	5808	180	411	89
Lawrence	1021	17	27	2
Leake	2295	64	90	14
Lee	8759	141	214	41
Leflore	2992	105	234	51
Lincoln	2956	85	171	36
Lowndes	5309	111	246	53
Madison	8186	161	354	68
Marion	2083	71	157	23
Marshall	3391	65	64	15
Monroe	3521	104	189	53
Montgomery	1091	34	54	9
Neshoba	3357	152	196	56
Newton	1891	42	86	14
Noxubee	1102	22	34	4
Oktibbeha	3903	80	214	36
Panola	3650	76	102	13
Pearl River	3232	95	158	32
Perry	1005	31	21	7
Pike	2599	77	119	34
Pontotoc	3611	52	42	4
Prentiss	2440	52	99	15
Quitman	683	8	0	0
Rankin	10629	208	371	58
Scott	2447	45	39	4
Sharkey	424	17	43	8
Simpson	2339	67	153	19
Smith	1194	23	59	8
Stone	1415	20	84	10
Sunflower	2804	69	111	16
Tallahatchie	1392	34	49	7
Tate	2695	60	80	19
Tippah	2397	49	109	7
Tishomingo	1821	59	101	27
Tunica	860	21	18	2
Union	3414	58	124	20
Walthall	1117	36	67	13
Warren	3445	97	166	38
Washington	4770	123	189	39
Wayne	1987	30	69	11
Webster	919	24	58	11
Wilkinson	583	25	24	5
Winston	1994	64	114	33
Yalobusha	1161	34	82	22
Yazoo	2426	54	139	18
Total	250,869	5,481	9,888	1,822

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	162,949	87,920	250,869
Deaths	4,147	1,334	5,481

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.

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.

• 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).

U.S. and World Cases

• COVID-19 cases in the United States (CDC)
• U.S. COVID-19 Tracker (CDC)
• COVID-19 Global Case Map (Johns Hopkins University)

COVID-19 Testing

Statewide Combined Testing as of January 10

COVID-19 testing providers around the state include commercial laboratories as well as hospital labs. Combined with testing done by the MSDH Public Health Laboratory, the figures provide a complete picture of all Mississippi testing. (Updated weekly)

PCR testing detects current, active COVID-19 infection in an individual.

Antibody (serology) testing identifies individuals with past COVID-19 infection based on antibodies they develop one to three weeks after infection.

Antigen testing is another way to identify current COVID-19 infection.

	Total tests	PCR	Antibody	Antigen
MSDH Public Health Laboratory	153,230	151,987	1,243	0
Other testing providers	1,816,740	1,229,205	65,023	522,512
Total tests for COVID-19 statewide	1,969,970	1,381,192	66,266	522,512

MSDH Individuals Tested as of January 15

MSDH Public Health Laboratory (MPHL) testing totals as of 3 p.m. These totals are for tests performed at the MPHL only.

• Total individuals tested by the MPHL: 103,392
• Total positive individuals from MPHL tests: 12,575

• Getting tested for COVID-19

Prevention and Guidance for Individuals and the Community

• Preventive steps to take, recommendations, guidance and general information on COVID-19