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 19

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	2078	70	72	15
Alcorn	2674	54	128	20
Amite	988	26	54	7
Attala	1946	59	173	34
Benton	833	23	45	10
Bolivar	4024	109	225	31
Calhoun	1376	21	28	4
Carroll	1053	21	47	9
Chickasaw	1857	44	53	15
Choctaw	612	13	1	0
Claiborne	866	25	45	9
Clarke	1417	62	111	30
Clay	1613	35	24	3
Coahoma	2422	54	129	11
Copiah	2439	49	76	9
Covington	2150	72	135	39
De Soto	17331	186	113	24
Forrest	6038	120	224	50
Franklin	671	15	40	4
George	2019	39	59	7
Greene	1110	29	52	6
Grenada	2206	71	154	32
Hancock	2825	59	69	14
Harrison	13731	199	478	65
Hinds	16373	328	786	118
Holmes	1691	68	103	20
Humphreys	833	24	33	8
Issaquena	159	6	0	0
Itawamba	2652	60	125	22
Jackson	10557	187	217	30
Jasper	1744	38	36	2
Jefferson	554	19	38	4
Jefferson Davis	858	27	8	1
Jones	6483	112	217	41
Kemper	784	20	44	9
Lafayette	5031	93	188	54
Lamar	4908	65	52	13
Lauderdale	5965	187	425	93
Lawrence	1032	17	27	2
Leake	2329	66	89	14
Lee	8922	141	214	41
Leflore	3059	107	234	52
Lincoln	2993	86	171	36
Lowndes	5425	118	253	55
Madison	8335	166	358	69
Marion	2150	73	157	24
Marshall	3477	69	64	15
Monroe	3591	105	189	54
Montgomery	1101	36	54	9
Neshoba	3413	152	196	56
Newton	1950	44	86	14
Noxubee	1114	23	34	5
Oktibbeha	3976	81	214	36
Panola	3746	80	102	13
Pearl River	3329	103	158	33
Perry	1028	31	21	7
Pike	2646	79	125	34
Pontotoc	3698	55	64	6
Prentiss	2482	52	99	15
Quitman	696	9	0	0
Rankin	10854	217	388	60
Scott	2508	47	52	4
Sharkey	440	17	43	8
Simpson	2383	68	157	19
Smith	1227	25	60	8
Stone	1459	21	84	11
Sunflower	2882	71	116	17
Tallahatchie	1482	35	49	7
Tate	2743	62	80	19
Tippah	2444	50	108	7
Tishomingo	1916	61	101	27
Tunica	874	21	18	2
Union	3480	63	124	21
Walthall	1128	36	68	13
Warren	3569	100	168	38
Washington	4826	124	188	39
Wayne	2032	32	69	11
Webster	939	24	58	11
Wilkinson	588	25	24	5
Winston	2026	67	114	35
Yalobusha	1191	34	82	22
Yazoo	2473	56	139	18
Total	256,827	5,638	10,006	1,855

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	165,545	91,282	256,827
Deaths	4,204	1,434	5,638

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 19

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: 103,396
• 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