Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Mississippi Coronavirus Hotline (7 days a week, 7 a.m.–7 p.m.): 877-978-6453
The Hotline will close at 4 p.m. December 24th, and be closed all day December 25th.

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).

General Information

• COVID-19 vaccinations
• 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 December 23

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	1742	57	72	15
Alcorn	2028	39	120	17
Amite	817	20	53	6
Attala	1626	44	166	29
Benton	638	20	45	10
Bolivar	3202	95	223	30
Calhoun	1074	16	25	4
Carroll	904	17	46	9
Chickasaw	1507	35	49	14
Choctaw	468	10	1	0
Claiborne	672	18	43	9
Clarke	1146	57	108	27
Clay	1235	30	20	3
Coahoma	1884	51	127	11
Copiah	2100	43	73	9
Covington	1748	66	133	39
De Soto	13674	129	107	20
Forrest	4966	94	205	42
Franklin	550	7	40	1
George	1646	34	48	7
Greene	952	25	51	6
Grenada	1900	60	146	29
Hancock	1832	53	68	14
Harrison	9974	139	461	51
Hinds	13255	248	672	94
Holmes	1539	64	103	20
Humphreys	697	22	33	8
Issaquena	144	4	0	0
Itawamba	2143	49	123	22
Jackson	8290	151	215	25
Jasper	1288	25	13	1
Jefferson	458	14	21	3
Jefferson Davis	727	22	8	1
Jones	4881	95	202	39
Kemper	638	19	43	9
Lafayette	3997	76	182	45
Lamar	3862	55	45	12
Lauderdale	4664	168	370	87
Lawrence	898	16	27	2
Leake	1883	49	81	9
Lee	7188	111	205	40
Leflore	2512	98 *	204	48
Lincoln	2417	74	166	36
Lowndes	4008	85	187	40
Madison	6733	128	304	58
Marion	1672	59	151	20
Marshall	2778	62	62	15
Monroe	2799	84	179	53
Montgomery	946	30	54	9
Neshoba	2852	137	183	55
Newton	1506	32	74	11
Noxubee	879	20	22	4
Oktibbeha	3190	70	204	32
Panola	2998	68	103	13
Pearl River	2354	79	143	30
Perry	820	30	20	7
Pike	2080	65	106	27
Pontotoc	2969	37	20	3
Prentiss	1961	41	99	15
Quitman	586	7	0	0
Rankin	8197	156	299	45
Scott	2029	38	35	4
Sharkey	377	17	43	8
Simpson	1892	60	151	19
Smith	956	18	55	8
Stone	1095	18	63	9
Sunflower	2309	59	90	15
Tallahatchie	1163	29	41	7
Tate	2283	56	79	19
Tippah	1858	40	78	5
Tishomingo	1486	51	101	26
Tunica	712	19	15	2
Union	2604	34	106	15
Walthall	942	33	67	13
Warren	2443	74	163	37
Washington	3971	112	187	39
Wayne	1577	25	68	10
Webster	682	17	56	11
Wilkinson	511	22	24	5
Winston	1739	44	105	27
Yalobusha	931	31	81	22
Yazoo	1997	50	138	17
Total	202,651	4,556	9,099	1,658

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	142,715	59,936	202,651
Deaths	3,715	841	4,556

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 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 December 19

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	143,138	141,895	1,243	0
Other testing providers	1,587,297	1,125,707	59,634	401,956
Total tests for COVID-19 statewide	1,730,435	1,267,602	60,877	401,956

MSDH Individuals Tested as of December 23

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: 96,457
• Total positive individuals from MPHL tests: 11,375

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. Always call ahead to the testing provider for instructions on safely being examined before you visit for your test.

Free testing: Free drive-through testing sites are offered at county health departments on a weekly schedule by appointment.

• Find a COVID-19 testing provider near you
• Free COVID-19 rapid testing schedule

Prevention and Guidance for Individuals and the Community

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