Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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

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 17

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	2058	70	72	15
Alcorn	2640	53	128	20
Amite	980	25	54	7
Attala	1937	59	173	34
Benton	818	23	45	10
Bolivar	3978	108	225	31
Calhoun	1361	21	27	4
Carroll	1045	21	47	9
Chickasaw	1839	44	53	15
Choctaw	605	13	1	0
Claiborne	866	25	45	9
Clarke	1389	60	110	30
Clay	1594	33	24	3
Coahoma	2337	54	128	11
Copiah	2419	49	75	9
Covington	2130	71	135	39
De Soto	17197	175	111	22
Forrest	5992	119	224	50
Franklin	666	15	40	4
George	1993	38	59	7
Greene	1102	29	52	6
Grenada	2184	70	155	32
Hancock	2734	59	69	14
Harrison	13502	193	477	61
Hinds	16280	322	783	113
Holmes	1687	67	103	20
Humphreys	830	24	33	8
Issaquena	159	6	0	0
Itawamba	2629	59	125	22
Jackson	10407	183	217	29
Jasper	1708	35	35	2
Jefferson	543	19	30	4
Jefferson Davis	848	25	8	1
Jones	6375	110	217	41
Kemper	772	20	44	9
Lafayette	4966	92	188	54
Lamar	4875	65	52	13
Lauderdale	5873	180	411	89
Lawrence	1026	17	27	2
Leake	2311	64	90	14
Lee	8819	141	214	41
Leflore	3004	105	234	51
Lincoln	2976	85	171	36
Lowndes	5381	116	247	55
Madison	8262	162	354	68
Marion	2120	72	157	23
Marshall	3426	65	64	15
Monroe	3543	105	189	54
Montgomery	1096	34	54	9
Neshoba	3383	152	196	56
Newton	1928	42	86	14
Noxubee	1105	22	34	4
Oktibbeha	3938	80	214	36
Panola	3707	79	102	13
Pearl River	3297	99	158	33
Perry	1022	31	21	7
Pike	2635	77	119	34
Pontotoc	3653	53	64	5
Prentiss	2456	52	99	15
Quitman	691	8	0	0
Rankin	10749	211	385	58
Scott	2466	45	39	4
Sharkey	430	17	43	8
Simpson	2357	67	157	19
Smith	1208	23	59	8
Stone	1436	21	84	11
Sunflower	2849	69	117	16
Tallahatchie	1410	34	49	7
Tate	2724	62	80	19
Tippah	2417	50	108	7
Tishomingo	1863	59	101	27
Tunica	867	21	18	2
Union	3447	60	125	21
Walthall	1123	36	67	13
Warren	3534	98	168	38
Washington	4800	123	189	39
Wayne	2013	31	69	11
Webster	924	24	58	11
Wilkinson	584	25	24	5
Winston	2005	64	114	33
Yalobusha	1170	34	82	22
Yazoo	2459	55	139	18
Total	253,932	5,524	9,944	1,829

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	164,481	89,451	253,932
Deaths	4,163	1,361	5,524

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 16

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	155,956	154,713	1,243	0
Other testing providers	1,900,445	1,265,883	67,537	567,025
Total tests for COVID-19 statewide	2,056,401	1,420,596	68,780	567,025

MSDH Individuals Tested as of January 17

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