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.

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

General Information

• MSDH COVID-19 vaccination plan (draft)
• 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

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 »

COVID-19 in Mississippi

New Cases and Deaths as of November 17

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

• 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	1276	48	64	14
Alcorn	1375	23	88	10
Amite	462	14	15	2
Attala	1005	29	99	20
Benton	470	17	44	9
Bolivar	2294	83	222	30
Calhoun	694	13	25	4
Carroll	664	13	45	9
Chickasaw	986	32	47	14
Choctaw	280	7	1	0
Claiborne	568	16	43	9
Clarke	852	53	93	27
Clay	824	26	20	3
Coahoma	1421	40	126	11
Copiah	1538	39	72	9
Covington	1112	33	66	15
De Soto	9117	92	101	20
Forrest	3490	85	176	41
Franklin	297	4	4	1
George	1173	23	36	6
Greene	564	20	40	6
Grenada	1321	44	114	21
Hancock	1095	36	59	9
Harrison	6530	104	303	35
Hinds	9166	187	487	81
Holmes	1210	60	102	20
Humphreys	509	18	32	7
Issaquena	108	4	0	0
Itawamba	1396	33	89	17
Jackson	5830	111	113	12
Jasper	779	21	1	0
Jefferson	306	11	13	3
Jefferson Davis	520	16	8	1
Jones	3308	87	188	38
Kemper	380	15	41	9
Lafayette	2946	45	123	28
Lamar	2630	48	42	12
Lauderdale	3120	141	300	76
Lawrence	668	14	26	2
Leake	1271	43	42	7
Lee	4579	90	196	39
Leflore	1945	89	195	47
Lincoln	1735	64	162	36
Lowndes	2162	62	115	33
Madison	4402	99	250	46
Marion	1056	46	92	15
Marshall	1974	41	58	13
Monroe	1810	76	172	52
Montgomery	690	24	53	9
Neshoba	2099	111	141	39
Newton	989	29	40	10
Noxubee	665	17	21	4
Oktibbeha	2292	58	193	31
Panola	2004	46	59	9
Pearl River	1357	66	99	23
Perry	616	24	20	7
Pike	1556	58	98	27
Pontotoc	1841	26	19	2
Prentiss	1334	25	76	6
Quitman	459	6	0	0
Rankin	4954	93	184	24
Scott	1426	29	22	3
Sharkey	296	16	43	8
Simpson	1377	53	122	19
Smith	668	16	55	8
Stone	652	14	58	9
Sunflower	1817	54	84	15
Tallahatchie	926	27	29	7
Tate	1539	47	68	18
Tippah	1150	29	61	3
Tishomingo	1009	41	96	26
Tunica	585	19	15	2
Union	1508	25	46	11
Walthall	725	27	67	13
Warren	1670	56	125	26
Washington	2948	107	181	39
Wayne	1125	22	59	10
Webster	406	14	52	11
Wilkinson	364	22	20	5
Winston	1057	23	46	11
Yalobusha	646	26	80	18
Yazoo	1428	36	137	14
Total	137,396	3,601	7,219	1,386

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	114,043	23,353	137,396
Deaths	3,180	421	3,601

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

Because nursing homes report COVID-19 data directly to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), we have replaced our usual long-term care facility report with the most recent CMS nursing home data, avoiding duplicate reporting requirements for these facilities.

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 CMS website. MSDH is providing the following links to view this data, which is reported directly by the 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.

• Search for nursing home COVID-19 data
• About the CMS COVID-19 dataset
• CMS state and national COVID-19 nursing home data

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

Hospitalization and ICU Use to Date

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

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 November 14

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	124,935	123,693	1,242	0
Other testing providers	1,089,000	895,908	47,100	145,992
Total tests for COVID-19 statewide	1,213,935	1,019,601	48,342	145,992

MSDH Individuals Tested as of November 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: 85,870
• Total positive individuals from MPHL tests: 9,413

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