Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

CORRECTION: MSDH has identified a data problem in the COVID-19 update made this morning. We will be issuing a corrected update later today. Thanks for your patience while we work to bring you accurate and up-to-date information.

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

General Information

• Counties with mask mandates and gathering restrictions
• MSDH COVID-19 vaccination plan (draft)
• COVID-19 overview, questions and answers, and other resources
• COVID-19 and You: Video Q & A with State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs
• COVID-19 prevention, testing and guidance for individuals and the community
• ASL, Spanish and Vietnamese materials

Advisory from the State Health Officer on social gatherings: Due to rapidly rising COVID-19 cases, all residents of Mississippi should avoid any social gathering that includes individuals outside of the immediate family or household. MSDH recommends that Mississippians only participate in work, school or other absolutely essential activities, and avoid gatherings such as social events, sporting events, in-person church services, and weddings and funerals unless they involve only close family (preferably outdoors).

COVID-19 in Mississippi

New Cases and Deaths as of December 7

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 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	1541	52	70	14
Alcorn	1666	31	93	14
Amite	659	15	15	2
Attala	1312	37	134	24
Benton	523	18	44	10
Bolivar	2657	89	224	30
Calhoun	859	14	25	4
Carroll	813	15	46	9
Chickasaw	1187	33	48	14
Choctaw	395	7	1	0
Claiborne	600	16	43	9
Clarke	999	55	93	27
Clay	1014	27	20	3
Coahoma	1644	46	127	11
Copiah	1831	42	72	9
Covington	1459	51	93	23
De Soto	11203	110	103	20
Forrest	4203	90	186	41
Franklin	406	6	4	1
George	1421	27	47	6
Greene	717	23	47	6
Grenada	1542	48	135	23
Hancock	1388	45	68	12
Harrison	8039	117	391	38
Hinds	11046	210	552	85
Holmes	1411	61	103	20
Humphreys	588	20	33	8
Issaquena	130	4	0	0
Itawamba	1727	41	100	18
Jackson	6976	137	197	21
Jasper	946	24	1	0
Jefferson	398	12	15	3
Jefferson Davis	623	18	8	1
Jones	4054	90	193	38
Kemper	541	19	41	9
Lafayette	3549	60	152	35
Lamar	3222	50	44	12
Lauderdale	3947	151	344	80
Lawrence	781	14	27	2
Leake	1502	45	45	7
Lee	5829	99	201	39
Leflore	2235	94	196	48
Lincoln	2107	69	166	36
Lowndes	2821	70	129	37
Madison	5478	114	298	55
Marion	1319	50	121	19
Marshall	2378	53	59	15
Monroe	2287	78	176	52
Montgomery	842	27	54	9
Neshoba	2434	125	175	49
Newton	1204	29	49	10
Noxubee	768	17	21	4
Oktibbeha	2708	64	201	31
Panola	2533	57	73	11
Pearl River	1772	72	119	25
Perry	715	27	20	7
Pike	1752	61	98	27
Pontotoc	2347	32	20	3
Prentiss	1641	36	93	12
Quitman	524	7	0	0
Rankin	6645	117	266	33
Scott	1715	30	30	3
Sharkey	342	17	43	8
Simpson	1602	54	139	19
Smith	800	16	55	8
Stone	895	15	58	9
Sunflower	2027	56	84	15
Tallahatchie	1036	28	33	7
Tate	1934	51	72	18
Tippah	1417	30	62	4
Tishomingo	1221	47	96	26
Tunica	649	19	15	2
Union	1942	26	50	11
Walthall	831	31	67	13
Warren	1975	60	143	27
Washington	3486	108	187	39
Wayne	1325	24	60	10
Webster	517	14	52	11
Wilkinson	455	22	20	5
Winston	1401	30	81	16
Yalobusha	791	29	81	21
Yazoo	1707	42	138	15
Total	167,926	4,017	8,085	1,498

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	128,635	39,291	167,926
Deaths	3,442	575	4,017

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.

• 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

• 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 December 5

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	134,092	132,849	1,243	0
Other testing providers	1,356,725	1,021,367	52,948	282,410
Total tests for COVID-19 statewide	1,490,817	1,154,216	54,191	282,410

MSDH Individuals Tested as of December 7

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: 90,667
• Total positive individuals from MPHL tests: 10,427

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