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 24

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	2153	71	72	15
Alcorn	2735	54	129	20
Amite	1024	26	54	7
Attala	1974	64	173	36
Benton	865	23	45	10
Bolivar	4149	109	225	31
Calhoun	1418	22	28	4
Carroll	1069	22	48	9
Chickasaw	1896	44	53	15
Choctaw	638	13	1	0
Claiborne	897	25	45	9
Clarke	1486	62	122	30
Clay	1675	37	27	3
Coahoma	2515	55	129	11
Copiah	2507	49	79	9
Covington	2224	73	136	39
De Soto	17807	191	113	24
Forrest	6236	124	224	50
Franklin	707	17	40	4
George	2048	39	59	7
Greene	1145	29	52	6
Grenada	2242	72	154	32
Hancock	2963	62	69	14
Harrison	14298	204	481	65
Hinds	16967	332	796	120
Holmes	1722	68	103	20
Humphreys	848	24	33	8
Issaquena	160	6	0	0
Itawamba	2700	63	125	22
Jackson	10976	190	217	30
Jasper	1825	38	36	2
Jefferson	571	21	40	5
Jefferson Davis	889	30	8	1
Jones	6782	118	217	41
Kemper	810	20	45	9
Lafayette	5229	101	188	54
Lamar	5074	65	52	13
Lauderdale	6128	192	430	94
Lawrence	1076	17	27	2
Leake	2384	67	89	14
Lee	9088	145	215	41
Leflore	3122	109	234	52
Lincoln	3076	88	173	37
Lowndes	5564	120	255	56
Madison	8619	169	359	69
Marion	2259	73	158	24
Marshall	3585	70	64	15
Monroe	3693	110	189	55
Montgomery	1127	36	54	9
Neshoba	3499	154	197	56
Newton	2000	46	86	15
Noxubee	1141	26	35	6
Oktibbeha	4094	82	215	36
Panola	3882	81	102	13
Pearl River	3508	106	158	33
Perry	1053	31	21	7
Pike	2710	81	125	34
Pontotoc	3785	60	78	7
Prentiss	2545	54	99	15
Quitman	714	9	0	0
Rankin	11280	221	390	60
Scott	2608	49	61	4
Sharkey	457	17	43	8
Simpson	2438	72	157	20
Smith	1307	26	60	8
Stone	1529	25	84	14
Sunflower	2930	75	117	19
Tallahatchie	1575	35	50	7
Tate	2811	62	80	19
Tippah	2501	50	115	7
Tishomingo	1956	61	102	27
Tunica	893	21	18	2
Union	3577	64	131	21
Walthall	1150	37	68	13
Warren	3698	103	169	38
Washington	4951	125	189	39
Wayne	2150	34	69	11
Webster	974	24	58	11
Wilkinson	599	25	24	5
Winston	2077	71	116	37
Yalobusha	1238	35	82	22
Yazoo	2571	56	139	18
Total	265,146	5,777	10,103	1,875

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	169,146	96,000	265,146
Deaths	4,271	1,506	5,777

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 23

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	159,354	158,111	1,243	0
Other testing providers	1,993,846	1,305,523	70,846	617,477
Total tests for COVID-19 statewide	2,153,200	1,463,634	72,089	617,477

MSDH Individuals Tested as of January 24

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: 103,651
• Total positive individuals from MPHL tests: 12,264

• 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