Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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

Vaccination advisory 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 report
• 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 23

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

Variant Strains

• NEW: COVID-19 cases by variant type PDF
  cases by county, updated weekly

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	2408	81	78	15
Alcorn	2948	63	130	20
Amite	1172	37	55	9
Attala	2123	72	175	36
Benton	959	24	46	10
Bolivar	4728	125	232	31
Calhoun	1615	30	36	6
Carroll	1204	25	51	10
Chickasaw	2032	55	60	15
Choctaw	722	16	1	0
Claiborne	1005	30	45	9
Clarke	1737	75	123	31
Clay	1813	54	38	5
Coahoma	2870	74	129	11
Copiah	2870	61	81	11
Covington	2529	80	136	39
De Soto	20349	245	113	24
Forrest	7452	143	226	51
Franklin	799	22	40	4
George	2359	46	59	7
Greene	1293	33	52	6
Grenada	2522	80	155	32
Hancock	3636	84	69	14
Harrison	17263	298	485	68
Hinds	19559	401	805	131
Holmes	1845	71	104	20
Humphreys	938	30	34	9
Issaquena	168	6	0	0
Itawamba	2939	76	134	23
Jackson	12967	239	240	35
Jasper	2182	47	43	2
Jefferson	637	27	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1040	32	9	1
Jones	8214	154	219	41
Kemper	937	25	44	9
Lafayette	5892	116	187	55
Lamar	6030	84	54	13
Lauderdale	7001	232	443	100
Lawrence	1242	22	27	2
Leake	2588	72	88	15
Lee	9793	167	222	41
Leflore	3450	123	236	52
Lincoln	3819	106	194	40
Lowndes	6213	143	257	63
Madison	9757	207	368	69
Marion	2635	78	158	24
Marshall	4202	99	64	15
Monroe	4038	130	190	55
Montgomery	1249	40	54	9
Neshoba	3939	173	203	59
Newton	2405	56	87	15
Noxubee	1249	31	35	6
Oktibbeha	4506	97	222	36
Panola	4408	101	104	14
Pearl River	4356	135	188	36
Perry	1243	38	21	8
Pike	3129	101	134	35
Pontotoc	4147	72	86	12
Prentiss	2739	58	99	15
Quitman	785	16	0	0
Rankin	13141	271	392	61
Scott	3047	72	115	18
Sharkey	493	17	43	8
Simpson	2844	84	157	20
Smith	1567	34	66	8
Stone	1765	30	84	14
Sunflower	3255	88	121	20
Tallahatchie	1740	40	50	7
Tate	3176	79	80	19
Tippah	2824	68	119	13
Tishomingo	2182	67	102	27
Tunica	1016	25	18	2
Union	4000	74	131	23
Walthall	1288	42	69	13
Warren	4222	117	170	37
Washington	5260	132	191	39
Wayne	2600	41	69	11
Webster	1130	32	61	12
Wilkinson	637	27	25	5
Winston	2245	80	130	39
Yalobusha	1535	36	82	22
Yazoo	3009	67	140	18
Total	303,625	6,981	10,424	1,967

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	186,684	116,941	303,625
Deaths	4,844	2,137	6,981

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 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)

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	1,701,820
Serology (antibody) tests	86,198
Antigen tests	797,221
Total tests	2,585,239

• 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