Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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

COVID-19 press conference (March 16): MSDH leadership talks with the press about COVID-19 eligibility expansion and special vaccination initiatives. View »

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 17

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	2394	79	78	15
Alcorn	2946	63	130	20
Amite	1162	37	55	9
Attala	2114	72	175	36
Benton	953	24	46	10
Bolivar	4687	125	232	31
Calhoun	1612	29	36	5
Carroll	1201	25	51	10
Chickasaw	2025	55	60	15
Choctaw	718	16	1	0
Claiborne	1000	30	45	9
Clarke	1723	75	123	31
Clay	1808	54	38	5
Coahoma	2864	72	129	11
Copiah	2843	60	81	11
Covington	2520	80	136	39
De Soto	20156	244	113	24
Forrest	7422	142	226	51
Franklin	788	21	40	4
George	2352	45	59	7
Greene	1290	33	52	6
Grenada	2519	80	155	32
Hancock	3599	82	69	14
Harrison	17177	296	485	68
Hinds	19388	399	805	131
Holmes	1836	70	104	20
Humphreys	938	29	34	8
Issaquena	167	6	0	0
Itawamba	2929	76	134	23
Jackson	12911	236	240	35
Jasper	2178	47	43	2
Jefferson	636	27	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1037	32	8	1
Jones	8179	153	219	41
Kemper	931	25	44	9
Lafayette	5863	114	187	55
Lamar	6002	84	54	13
Lauderdale	6952	231	443	100
Lawrence	1234	22	27	2
Leake	2575	72	88	15
Lee	9781	167	222	41
Leflore	3426	123	236	52
Lincoln	3784	104	190	39
Lowndes	6197	143	257	63
Madison	9691	206	367	69
Marion	2631	78	158	24
Marshall	4131	98	64	15
Monroe	4030	130	190	55
Montgomery	1249	40	54	9
Neshoba	3917	172	203	59
Newton	2386	54	87	15
Noxubee	1240	31	35	6
Oktibbeha	4484	97	222	36
Panola	4400	100	104	14
Pearl River	4303	133	188	36
Perry	1240	38	21	8
Pike	3095	101	134	35
Pontotoc	4138	72	86	12
Prentiss	2729	58	99	15
Quitman	783	15	0	0
Rankin	13085	271	392	61
Scott	3019	71	115	18
Sharkey	492	17	43	8
Simpson	2823	82	157	20
Smith	1563	34	66	8
Stone	1758	30	84	14
Sunflower	3242	87	121	20
Tallahatchie	1733	39	50	7
Tate	3150	78	80	19
Tippah	2823	68	119	13
Tishomingo	2146	67	102	27
Tunica	1013	25	18	2
Union	3996	74	131	23
Walthall	1269	42	69	13
Warren	4194	116	170	37
Washington	5257	132	191	39
Wayne	2594	41	69	11
Webster	1129	32	61	12
Wilkinson	633	27	25	5
Winston	2236	80	130	39
Yalobusha	1518	36	82	22
Yazoo	2987	67	140	18
Total	301,924	6,938	10,418	1,964

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	186,081	115,843	301,924
Deaths	4,819	2,119	6,938

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 March 14

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	1,687,953
Serology (antibody) tests	85,101
Antigen tests	787,451
Total tests	2,560,505

• 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