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 20

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	2101	70	72	15
Alcorn	2688	54	128	20
Amite	999	26	54	7
Attala	1957	61	173	36
Benton	840	23	45	10
Bolivar	4068	109	225	31
Calhoun	1380	21	28	4
Carroll	1059	22	47	9
Chickasaw	1861	44	53	15
Choctaw	623	13	1	0
Claiborne	868	25	45	9
Clarke	1435	62	111	30
Clay	1627	35	24	3
Coahoma	2436	54	129	11
Copiah	2445	49 *	76	9
Covington	2169	72	136	39
De Soto	17436	187	113	24
Forrest	6101	121	224	50
Franklin	687	16	40	4
George	2027	39	59	7
Greene	1121	29	52	6
Grenada	2211	71	154	32
Hancock	2853	60	69	14
Harrison	13876	199	480	65
Hinds	16524	328	786	118
Holmes	1698	68	103	20
Humphreys	836	24	33	8
Issaquena	160	6	0	0
Itawamba	2662	61	125	22
Jackson	10652	187	217	30
Jasper	1760	38	36	2
Jefferson	559	20	39	4
Jefferson Davis	873	27	8	1
Jones	6552	112	217	41
Kemper	791	20	44	9
Lafayette	5073	93	188	54
Lamar	4964	65	52	13
Lauderdale	6034	189	426	94
Lawrence	1043	17	27	2
Leake	2343	67	89	14
Lee	8981	141	214	41
Leflore	3079	108	234	52
Lincoln	3006	87	173	37
Lowndes	5463	119	253	56
Madison	8413	168	359	69
Marion	2184	73	158	24
Marshall	3495	69	64	15
Monroe	3628	105	189	54
Montgomery	1109	36	54	9
Neshoba	3433	152	196	56
Newton	1957	45	86	15
Noxubee	1114	25	34	6
Oktibbeha	4016	81	215	36
Panola	3783	80	102	13
Pearl River	3380	104	158	33
Perry	1032	31	21	7
Pike	2665	80	125	34
Pontotoc	3721	55	64	6
Prentiss	2495	52	99	15
Quitman	702	9	0	0
Rankin	11000	217	388	60
Scott	2534	48	56	4
Sharkey	442	17	43	8
Simpson	2400	69	157	19
Smith	1258	25	60	8
Stone	1484	24 *	84	13
Sunflower	2892	72	116	17
Tallahatchie	1549	35	49	7
Tate	2767	62	80	19
Tippah	2458	50	108	7
Tishomingo	1924	61	102	27
Tunica	876	21	18	2
Union	3505	63	125	21
Walthall	1134	37	68	13
Warren	3619	101	168	38
Washington	4877	124	188	39
Wayne	2064	32	69	11
Webster	943	24	58	11
Wilkinson	588	25	24	5
Winston	2052	67	114	35
Yalobusha	1202	34	82	22
Yazoo	2501	56	139	18
Total	259,117	5,668	10,022	1,864

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	166,398	92,719	259,117
Deaths	4,218	1,450	5,668

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 20

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: 103,466
• Total positive individuals from MPHL tests: 12,594

• 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