Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Mississippi State Department of Health continue to closely monitor the outbreak of respiratory illnesses caused by the novel (new) coronavirus COVID-19, and are working to limit the spread of cases nationally and in Mississippi.

General Information

• COVID-19 and You: Video Q & A with State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs
• COVID-19 overview, questions and answers
• Guidance, prevention and testing
• Handouts: Basic disease prevention, handwashing and more
• ASL, Spanish and Vietnamese materials

Face coverings are required by order of the Governor for all Mississippians in schools, businesses and indoor public spaces, and in outdoor public spaces where consistent social distancing is not possible. Details and exceptions »

Home isolation is mandatory if you have tested positive for COVID-19 by order of the State Health Officer. (If you are awaiting results of routine testing not related to exposure, you may return to work and follow the safety guidance of your employer.) If you have been in contact with someone who has COVID-19, quarantine is also important to protect others. Find out more »

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

COVID-19 in Mississippi

Friday's update of COVID-19 cases and deaths will be delayed. The latest data is expected to be available this afternoon.

New Cases and Deaths as of September 16

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	891	35	47	12
Alcorn	753	10	18	2
Amite	307	10	14	2
Attala	636	25	90	20
Benton	215	1	2	0
Bolivar	1774	65	197	26
Calhoun	506	12	25	4
Carroll	308	12	45	9
Chickasaw	635	24	43	13
Choctaw	177	5	3	0
Claiborne	449	16	43	9
Clarke	525	38	59	17
Clay	562	16	16	1
Coahoma	1109	27	79	2
Copiah	1154	33	46	4
Covington	793	21	30	6
De Soto	5321	53	63	13
Forrest	2310	69	171	40
Franklin	186	3	3	1
George	739	13	28	6
Greene	335	16	37	6
Grenada	1045	35	105	20
Hancock	554	20	9	4
Harrison	3687	71	239	29
Hinds	6903	153	403	62
Holmes	1084	58	100	20
Humphreys	369	15	21	6
Issaquena	103	3	0	0
Itawamba	741	21	81	16
Jackson	3343	67	76	7
Jasper	536	15	1	0
Jefferson	235	9	12	3
Jefferson Davis	322	11	3	1
Jones	2360	78	180	37
Kemper	285	15	39	9
Lafayette	2030	39	122	28
Lamar	1566	33	27	11
Lauderdale	1984	123	260	72
Lawrence	422	12	26	2
Leake	935	35	17	2
Lee	2540	66	154	30
Leflore	1343	80	189	45
Lincoln	1044	53	142	32
Lowndes	1384	57	99	33
Madison	3180	86	238	45
Marion	836	33	73	9
Marshall	1067	14	31	6
Monroe	1176	65	162	50
Montgomery	450	20	47	9
Neshoba	1524	103	112	37
Newton	747	22	34	7
Noxubee	540	15	19	4
Oktibbeha	1737	49	193	31
Panola	1409	26	13	2
Pearl River	848	50	72	20
Perry	390	16	15	3
Pike	1201	48	80	21
Pontotoc	1204	16	7	1
Prentiss	786	17	48	3
Quitman	362	5	0	0
Rankin	3134	73	154	18
Scott	1159	25	19	3
Sharkey	258	12	43	8
Simpson	1001	42	104	18
Smith	517	14	54	8
Stone	346	11	51	7
Sunflower	1385	43	70	11
Tallahatchie	734	18	30	4
Tate	945	37	32	13
Tippah	635	16	5	0
Tishomingo	650	35	96	24
Tunica	472	13	12	2
Union	965	24	46	11
Walthall	589	25	67	13
Warren	1366	50	113	24
Washington	2156	71	110	23
Wayne	871	21	59	10
Webster	328	13	52	11
Wilkinson	301	17	20	5
Winston	719	19	40	11
Yalobusha	413	14	35	7
Yazoo	1034	29	56	11
Total	91,935	2,780	5,776	1,152

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	85,944	5,991	91,935
Deaths	2,572	208	2,780

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).

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 September 15

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.

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	106,405	105,165	1,240	0
Other testing providers	590,396	521,716	27,776	40,904
Total tests for COVID-19 statewide	696,801	626,881	29,016	40,904

MSDH Individuals Tested as of September 16

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: 79,274
• Total positive individuals from MPHL tests: 8,617

Getting Tested for COVID-19

The MSDH Public Health Laboratory, its partners, and private providers are testing statewide for COVID-19.

Anyone with symptoms of fever, severe cough or severe chest pains – especially those who are older or in poor health – should make arrangements for testing with their doctor or one of the many healthcare providers now performing testing. Healthcare providers can assess your health history and symptoms, and perform testing for COVID-19 as needed. MSDH is also helping conduct free drive-up testing sites in many parts of the state. Always call ahead to the testing provider for instructions on safely being examined before you visit for your test.

• Find a COVID-19 testing provider near you

Prevention and Guidance for Individuals and the Community

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