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
• 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 28

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
Adams	2343	77
Alcorn	2918	61
Amite	1115	33
Attala	2065	69
Benton	933	24
Bolivar	4609	123
Calhoun	1578	28
Carroll	1182	25
Chickasaw	2011	51
Choctaw	695	16
Claiborne	984	29
Clarke	1693	71
Clay	1791	50
Coahoma	2775	68
Copiah	2778	57
Covington	2488	79
De Soto	19672	230
Forrest	7208	136
Franklin	761	19
George	2317	45
Greene	1276	33
Grenada	2473	77
Hancock	3473	74
Harrison	16710	278
Hinds	18799	386
Holmes	1822	70
Humphreys	928	27
Issaquena	167	6
Itawamba	2899	75
Jackson	12592	226
Jasper	2134	45
Jefferson	625	27
Jefferson Davis	1017	31
Jones	7962	146
Kemper	902	23
Lafayette	5733	113
Lamar	5880	80
Lauderdale	6833	226
Lawrence	1203	21
Leake	2524	71
Lee	9687	160
Leflore	3375	118
Lincoln	3541	102
Lowndes	6022	137
Madison	9457	199
Marion	2526	78
Marshall	4031	92
Monroe	3989	126
Montgomery	1224	38
Neshoba	3807	168
Newton	2296	52
Noxubee	1228	29
Oktibbeha	4413	93
Panola	4303	94
Pearl River	4167	130
Perry	1216	34
Pike	3001	95
Pontotoc	4088	69
Prentiss	2697	58
Quitman	771	14
Rankin	12685	264
Scott	2938	70
Sharkey	488	17
Simpson	2748	78
Smith	1527	31
Stone	1724	29
Sunflower	3183	86
Tallahatchie	1705	39
Tate	3024	74
Tippah	2787	65
Tishomingo	2123	65
Tunica	990	23
Union	3953	74
Walthall	1241	40
Warren	4129	114
Washington	5218	130
Wayne	2538	41
Webster	1106	30
Wilkinson	624	26
Winston	2216	75
Yalobusha	1448	36
Yazoo	2892	62
Total	294,994	6,681

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	182,974	112,020	294,994
Deaths	4,672	2,009	6,681

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 28

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	1,642,348
Serology (antibody) tests	81,986
Antigen tests	748,339
Total tests	2,472,673

• 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