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 21

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	2123	70	72	15
Alcorn	2707	54	128	20
Amite	1008	26	54	7
Attala	1964	61	173	36
Benton	848	23	45	10
Bolivar	4087	109	225	31
Calhoun	1399	22	28	4
Carroll	1064	22	47	9
Chickasaw	1884	44	53	15
Choctaw	625	13	1	0
Claiborne	878	25	45	9
Clarke	1447	62	111	30
Clay	1642	37	24	3
Coahoma	2459	54	129	11
Copiah	2476	49	76	9
Covington	2190	72	136	39
De Soto	17561	191	113	24
Forrest	6135	122	224	50
Franklin	696	17	40	4
George	2035	39	59	7
Greene	1129	29	52	6
Grenada	2224	71	154	32
Hancock	2884	61	69	14
Harrison	14050	202	481	65
Hinds	16687	329	786	118
Holmes	1713	68	103	20
Humphreys	842	24	33	8
Issaquena	160	6	0	0
Itawamba	2666	62	125	22
Jackson	10729	188	217	30
Jasper	1778	38	36	2
Jefferson	565	20	39	4
Jefferson Davis	877	27	8	1
Jones	6607	114	217	41
Kemper	800	20	45	9
Lafayette	5117	94	188	54
Lamar	4998	65	52	13
Lauderdale	6067	192	427	94
Lawrence	1056	17	27	2
Leake	2361	67	89	14
Lee	9014	143	214	41
Leflore	3090	109	234	52
Lincoln	3042	87	173	37
Lowndes	5490	120	253	56
Madison	8495	168	359	69
Marion	2202	73	158	24
Marshall	3520	69	64	15
Monroe	3651	106	189	55
Montgomery	1112	36	54	9
Neshoba	3464	154	196	56
Newton	1973	46	86	15
Noxubee	1122	25	35	6
Oktibbeha	4035	81	215	36
Panola	3809	81	102	13
Pearl River	3422	105	158	33
Perry	1040	31	21	7
Pike	2681	80	125	34
Pontotoc	3747	57	64	6
Prentiss	2511	53	99	15
Quitman	704	9	0	0
Rankin	11102	217	388	60
Scott	2560	48	61	4
Sharkey	448	17	43	8
Simpson	2414	71	157	20
Smith	1277	25	60	8
Stone	1495	25	84	14
Sunflower	2903	73	116	17
Tallahatchie	1556	35	49	7
Tate	2790	62	80	19
Tippah	2475	50	108	7
Tishomingo	1938	61	102	27
Tunica	882	21	18	2
Union	3532	63	125	21
Walthall	1140	37	68	13
Warren	3649	103	169	38
Washington	4904	125	188	39
Wayne	2084	32	69	11
Webster	954	24	58	11
Wilkinson	596	25	24	5
Winston	2058	70	116	37
Yalobusha	1211	34	82	22
Yazoo	2537	56	139	18
Total	261,167	5,713	10,034	1,869

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	167,226	93,941	261,167
Deaths	4,241	1,472	5,713

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 21

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: 103,516
• Total positive individuals from MPHL tests: 12,601

• 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