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 18

Statewide COVID-19 Data and Reports

• 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	2070	70	72	15
Alcorn	2654	53	128	20
Amite	984	26	54	7
Attala	1942	59	173	34
Benton	820	23	45	10
Bolivar	3997	109	225	31
Calhoun	1365	21	27	4
Carroll	1048	21	47	9
Chickasaw	1850	44	53	15
Choctaw	609	13	1	0
Claiborne	866	25	45	9
Clarke	1398	62	111	30
Clay	1598	33	24	3
Coahoma	2410	54	128	11
Copiah	2427	49	75	9
Covington	2146	72*	135	39
De Soto	17257	180	112	23
Forrest	6009	120	224	50
Franklin	667	15	40	4
George	1998	39	59	7
Greene	1104	29	52	6
Grenada	2194	71	154	32
Hancock	2744	59	69	14
Harrison	13567	194	477	62
Hinds	16331	322	784	114
Holmes	1687	67	103	20
Humphreys	831	24	33	8
Issaquena	159	6	0	0
Itawamba	2637	59	125	22
Jackson	10453	184	217	29
Jasper	1727	36	35	2
Jefferson	549	19	30	4
Jefferson Davis	853	26	8	1
Jones	6434	112	217	41
Kemper	776	20	44	9
Lafayette	4991	93	188	54
Lamar	4885	65	52	13
Lauderdale	5902	186	422	93
Lawrence	1029	17	27	2
Leake	2317	65	90	14
Lee	8864	141	214	41
Leflore	3041	107	234	52
Lincoln	2980	85	171	36
Lowndes	5405	116	249	55
Madison	8314	164	358	69
Marion	2130	73	157	24
Marshall	3440	66	64	15
Monroe	3558	105	189	54
Montgomery	1098	34	54	9
Neshoba	3396	152	196	56
Newton	1934	44	86	14
Noxubee	1108	22	34	4
Oktibbeha	3953	81	214	36
Panola	3723	79	102	13
Pearl River	3301	100	158	33
Perry	1026	31	21	7
Pike	2637	78	119	34
Pontotoc	3678	53	64	5
Prentiss	2465	52	99	15
Quitman	696	8	0	0
Rankin	10804	212	387	58
Scott	2480	46	44	4
Sharkey	431	17	43	8
Simpson	2364	67	157	19
Smith	1214	24	59	8
Stone	1447	21	84	11
Sunflower	2866	71	116	17
Tallahatchie	1419	34	49	7
Tate	2731	62	80	19
Tippah	2430	50	108	7
Tishomingo	1893	61	101	27
Tunica	873	21	18	2
Union	3459	60	125	21
Walthall	1123	36	67	13
Warren	3548	98	168	38
Washington	4803	124	188	39
Wayne	2029	32	69	11
Webster	928	24	58	11
Wilkinson	587	25	24	5
Winston	2016	66	114	35
Yalobusha	1178	34	82	22
Yazoo	2470	56	139	18
Total	255,125	5,574	9,968	1,842

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	164,977	90,148	255,125
Deaths	4,182	1,392	5,574

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 18

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