Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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

Guidance for adults 65 and over, or 16 and older with medical conditions: All Mississippi residents aged 65 or older, or 16 and older with serious chronic medical conditions, should avoid all social gatherings outside of the household or any in-person mass gathering, including religious ceremonies, or sporting events, until fully protected by an approved COVID-19 vaccine. Details »

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 March 3

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	2350	78	72	15
Alcorn	2924	63	130	20
Amite	1122	35	55	8
Attala	2068	70	175	36
Benton	939	24	45	10
Bolivar	4620	124	232	31
Calhoun	1585	28	36	4
Carroll	1190	25	51	10
Chickasaw	2014	53	60	15
Choctaw	698	17	1	0
Claiborne	991	29	45	9
Clarke	1696	72	123	31
Clay	1792	51	38	5
Coahoma	2820	69	129	11
Copiah	2792	59	81	11
Covington	2497	80	136	39
De Soto	19731	230	113	24
Forrest	7250	138	226	51
Franklin	762	19	40	4
George	2324	45	59	7
Greene	1279	33	52	6
Grenada	2485	78	155	32
Hancock	3502	77	69	14
Harrison	16780	282	484	65
Hinds	18881	393	805	130
Holmes	1827	70	104	20
Humphreys	930	27	34	8
Issaquena	167	6	0	0
Itawamba	2902	75	134	23
Jackson	12643	229	238	34
Jasper	2138	45	43	2
Jefferson	628	27	40	7
Jefferson Davis	1027	31	8	1
Jones	8005	147	219	41
Kemper	904	23	44	9
Lafayette	5747	113	187	55
Lamar	5909	80	53	13
Lauderdale	6847	227	442	99
Lawrence	1206	21	27	2
Leake	2531	72	88	15
Lee	9703	161	222	41
Leflore	3389	119	237	52
Lincoln	3564	104	185	39
Lowndes	6033	140	256	62
Madison	9484	203	365	69
Marion	2527	78	158	24
Marshall	4044	92	64	15
Monroe	3993	128	190	55
Montgomery	1229	39	54	9
Neshoba	3822	170	203	59
Newton	2312	52	87	15
Noxubee	1231	31	35	6
Oktibbeha	4421	94	222	36
Panola	4323	96	103	14
Pearl River	4193	132	188	36
Perry	1222	35	21	7
Pike	3017	96	132	35
Pontotoc	4107	71	86	12
Prentiss	2711	58	99	15
Quitman	774	14	0	0
Rankin	12787	265	392	61
Scott	2952	71	115	18
Sharkey	491	17	43	8
Simpson	2766	80	157	20
Smith	1530	33	65	8
Stone	1730	29	84	14
Sunflower	3192	86	121	20
Tallahatchie	1714	39	50	7
Tate	3033	74	80	19
Tippah	2795	65	119	13
Tishomingo	2129	65	102	27
Tunica	995	23	18	2
Union	3964	74	131	23
Walthall	1245	40	69	13
Warren	4138	115	170	37
Washington	5229	130	191	39
Wayne	2545	41	69	11
Webster	1111	32	61	12
Wilkinson	624	27	25	5
Winston	2219	79	130	39
Yalobusha	1455	36	82	22
Yazoo	2908	65	139	18
Total	296,154	6,764	10,393	1,954

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	183,586	112,568	296,154
Deaths	4,717	2,047	6,764

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)

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