Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Mississippi COVID-19 Hotline (7 days a week, 7 a.m.–7 p.m.): 877-978-6453

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Starting Monday, March 1st, COVID-19 vaccination eligibility will be expanded to include teachers, staff and employees in K-12, preschool or childcare settings as well as to first responders and personnel in law enforcement, public safety, fire services and emergency management. Learn more »

General Information

• COVID-19 vaccinations and Mississippi vaccination summary
• 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 February 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	2332	77	72	15
Alcorn	2903	60	130	20
Amite	1108	32	54	7
Attala	2062	69	175	36
Benton	931	24	45	10
Bolivar	4594	120	232	31
Calhoun	1564	28	36	4
Carroll	1176	23	51	9
Chickasaw	2006	50	60	15
Choctaw	695	16	1	0
Claiborne	977	29	45	9
Clarke	1686	71	123	31
Clay	1781	49	38	5
Coahoma	2727	66	129	11
Copiah	2745	57	81	11
Covington	2478	78	136	39
De Soto	19560	229	113	24
Forrest	7140	136	226	51
Franklin	755	19	39	4
George	2306	45	59	7
Greene	1268	33	52	6
Grenada	2458	76	155	32
Hancock	3399	73	68	14
Harrison	16512	276	483	65
Hinds	18674	385	806	130
Holmes	1816	70	104	20
Humphreys	916	26	34	8
Issaquena	167	6	0	0
Itawamba	2888	71	134	23
Jackson	12451	217	236	33
Jasper	2118	44	43	2
Jefferson	614	27	40	7
Jefferson Davis	1005	31	8	1
Jones	7891	145	219	41
Kemper	895	22	44	9
Lafayette	5707	113	187	55
Lamar	5844	80	53	13
Lauderdale	6784	225	442	99
Lawrence	1193	21	27	2
Leake	2517	70	88	15
Lee	9663	160	222	41
Leflore	3358	118	237	52
Lincoln	3464	100	183	38
Lowndes	6008	137	256	62
Madison	9400	195	365	69
Marion	2507	78	158	24
Marshall	3994	92	64	15
Monroe	3980	126	190	55
Montgomery	1212	37	54	9
Neshoba	3767	166	203	58
Newton	2247	51	87	15
Noxubee	1227	29	35	6
Oktibbeha	4399	91	222	36
Panola	4268	92	102	13
Pearl River	4116	128	187	35
Perry	1214	34	21	7
Pike	2983	93	128	34
Pontotoc	4073	68	86	12
Prentiss	2686	58	99	15
Quitman	770	14	0	0
Rankin	12595	262	390	61
Scott	2925	67	115	18
Sharkey	488	17	43	8
Simpson	2717	78	158	20
Smith	1518	31	65	8
Stone	1714	29	84	14
Sunflower	3171	85	121	20
Tallahatchie	1698	39	50	7
Tate	3008	74	80	19
Tippah	2756	65	119	13
Tishomingo	2117	65	102	27
Tunica	986	23	18	2
Union	3928	73	131	23
Walthall	1235	40	69	13
Warren	4114	113	169	37
Washington	5159	128	191	39
Wayne	2513	40	69	11
Webster	1099	29	61	11
Wilkinson	622	26	25	5
Winston	2202	75	130	39
Yalobusha	1429	36	82	22
Yazoo	2838	62	139	18
Total	292,811	6,613	10,378	1,945

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	181,997	110,814	292,811
Deaths	4,637	1,976	6,613

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. Also see weekly county incidence tables

Cumulative COVID-19 Cases

Total cases and deaths by county since the start of the pandemic. Also see 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 Charts

Includes:

• Cases, deaths and hospitalizations, analyzed by age, race/ethnicity, gender and other factors
• MIS-C cases and deaths
• Counties with high COVID-19 cases and incidence
• Syndromic surveillance

All weekly charts

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 February 21

COVID-19 testing providers around the state include commercial laboratories, hospital labs and the MSDH Public Health Laboratory results from all these sources are combined in the table below. (Updated weekly) NOTE: MSDH Public Health Lab data is no longer reported separately.

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.

PCR tests	1,617,180
Serology (antibody) tests	80,525
Antigen tests	728,148
Total tests	2,425,853

• 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