Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Mississippi COVID-19 Hotline (7 days a week, 7 a.m.–7 p.m.): 877-978-6453 or 601-965-4071

General Information

• COVID-19 vaccinations and Mississippi vaccination summary
• Counties with mask mandates and gathering restrictions
• 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 January 16

Statewide COVID-19 Data

• 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	2046	70
Alcorn	2632	53
Amite	977	25
Attala	1935	59
Benton	815	23
Bolivar	3966	108
Calhoun	1357	21
Carroll	1042	21
Chickasaw	1836	44
Choctaw	603	13
Claiborne	861	25
Clarke	1386	60
Clay	1590	33
Coahoma	2300	54
Copiah	2408	49
Covington	2113	71
De Soto	17120	175
Forrest	5949	119
Franklin	664	15
George	1990	38
Greene	1097	29
Grenada	2177	70
Hancock	2665	59
Harrison	13353	193
Hinds	16207	322
Holmes	1685	67
Humphreys	829	24
Issaquena	159	6
Itawamba	2624	59
Jackson	10303	183
Jasper	1697	35
Jefferson	538	19
Jefferson Davis	841	25
Jones	6288	110
Kemper	771	20
Lafayette	4942	92
Lamar	4841	65
Lauderdale	5847	180
Lawrence	1024	17
Leake	2305	64
Lee	8796	141
Leflore	3002	105
Lincoln	2970	85
Lowndes	5355	116
Madison	8232	162
Marion	2106	72
Marshall	3416	65
Monroe	3533	105
Montgomery	1094	34
Neshoba	3370	152
Newton	1913	42
Noxubee	1103	22
Oktibbeha	3924	80
Panola	3683	78
Pearl River	3278	99
Perry	1016	31
Pike	2620	77
Pontotoc	3628	53
Prentiss	2450	52
Quitman	688	8
Rankin	10689	211
Scott	2462	45
Sharkey	427	17
Simpson	2348	67
Smith	1201	23
Stone	1423	20
Sunflower	2826	69
Tallahatchie	1401	34
Tate	2708	62
Tippah	2404	50
Tishomingo	1844	59
Tunica	863	21
Union	3430	60
Walthall	1118	36
Warren	3484	98
Washington	4777	123
Wayne	1996	30
Webster	922	24
Wilkinson	583	25
Winston	2001	64
Yalobusha	1165	34
Yazoo	2443	55
Total	252,475	5,521

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	163,816	88,659	252,475
Deaths	4,162	1,359	5,521

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.

• See also: Weekly county incidence tables

Cumulative COVID-19 Cases

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

• See also: 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 Summaries

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 January 16

COVID-19 testing providers around the state include commercial laboratories as well as hospital labs. Combined with testing done by the MSDH Public Health Laboratory, the figures provide a complete picture of all Mississippi testing. (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.

	Total tests	PCR	Antibody	Antigen
MSDH Public Health Laboratory	155,956	154,713	1,243	0
Other testing providers	1,900,445	1,265,883	67,537	567,025
Total tests for COVID-19 statewide	2,056,401	1,420,596	68,780	567,025

MSDH Individuals Tested as of January 16

MSDH Public Health Laboratory (MPHL) testing totals as of 3 p.m. These totals are for tests performed at the MPHL only.

• Total individuals tested by the MPHL: 103,392
• Total positive individuals from MPHL tests: 12,575

• 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