Wednesday update: State reports highest jump in COVID-19 cases; Cases up slightly Adams County
Published 10:22 am Wednesday, April 15, 2020
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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 273 new confirmed cases of the virus, which raises the total number of cases in the state to 3,360 cases. The increase in cases reported Wednesday is the highest jump in COVID-19 cases in the state since the state started reporting cases on March 11.
The state also reported 11 new deaths from the virus, raising the number of deaths in the state to 122 deaths. Wednesday was the second consecutive day the state reported more than 10 deaths in the state.
In southwest Mississippi, cases slightly increased in Adams County and Wilkinson County. The number of cases in Adams County increased 2 cases from 62 cases reported on Tuesday to 64 cases reported on Wednesday. The number of cases in Wilkinson County also increased 2 cases from 49 cases reported on Tuesday to 51 cases reported on Wednesday.
The state also reports outbreaks of the virus in long-term care facilities. In southwest Mississippi, MSDH is investigating outbreaks in 2 long-term care facilities in Adams County, 1 long-term care facility in Amite County, 1 long-term care facility in Jefferson County and 1 long-term care facility in Wilkinson County.
Here are county-by-county numbers in the state:
| County | Cases | Deaths | LTCs with Outbreaks |
| Adams | 64 | 3 | 2 |
| Alcorn | 7 | ||
| Amite | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| Attala | 25 | ||
| Benton | 5 | ||
| Bolivar | 70 | 5 | 4 |
| Calhoun | 27 | 2 | 1 |
| Carroll | 9 | ||
| Chickasaw | 33 | 2 | 1 |
| Choctaw | 11 | 1 | |
| Claiborne | 8 | ||
| Clarke | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| Clay | 21 | ||
| Coahoma | 43 | 1 | |
| Copiah | 35 | ||
| Covington | 19 | ||
| Desoto | 199 | 3 | 1 |
| Forrest | 122 | 2 | 2 |
| Franklin | 10 | ||
| George | 8 | ||
| Greene | 3 | ||
| Grenada | 14 | ||
| Hancock | 49 | 5 | 2 |
| Harrison | 129 | 5 | 2 |
| Hinds | 280 | 4 | 6 |
| Holmes | 52 | 3 | |
| Humphreys | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| Itawamba | 11 | 1 | |
| Jackson | 182 | 5 | 2 |
| Jasper | 15 | ||
| Jefferson | 4 | 1 | |
| Jefferson Davis | 7 | 1 | |
| Jones | 42 | 3 | |
| Kemper | 15 | ||
| Lafayette | 36 | 2 | |
| Lamar | 48 | 1 | |
| Lauderdale | 165 | 12 | 5 |
| Lawrence | 7 | ||
| Leake | 40 | 1 | |
| Lee | 46 | 4 | |
| Leflore | 55 | 6 | 3 |
| Lincoln | 81 | 4 | 2 |
| Lowndes | 27 | 1 | |
| Madison | 112 | 3 | 3 |
| Marion | 34 | 1 | |
| Marshall | 35 | 2 | |
| Monroe | 46 | 2 | 2 |
| Montgomery | 15 | 1 | |
| Neshoba | 35 | 1 | |
| Newton | 14 | 1 | |
| Noxubee | 10 | ||
| Oktibbeha | 41 | 1 | 2 |
| Panola | 26 | 2 | |
| Pearl River | 102 | 8 | 2 |
| Perry | 20 | 1 | |
| Pike | 72 | 2 | 2 |
| Pontotoc | 15 | 2 | |
| Prentiss | 15 | 1 | |
| Quitman | 13 | ||
| Rankin | 113 | 2 | |
| Scott | 79 | 1 | |
| Sharkey | 3 | ||
| Simpson | 12 | 1 | |
| Smith | 36 | 1 | 1 |
| Stone | 15 | ||
| Sunflower | 42 | 2 | |
| Tallahatchie | 6 | ||
| Tate | 26 | ||
| Tippah | 45 | 6 | 1 |
| Tishomingo | 2 | ||
| Tunica | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| Union | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Walthall | 22 | ||
| Warren | 15 | 1 | |
| Washington | 62 | 2 | 2 |
| Wayne | 9 | ||
| Webster | 14 | 1 | |
| Wilkinson | 51 | 3 | 1 |
| Winston | 22 | ||
| Yalobusha | 14 | ||
| Yazoo | 65 | 1 | |
| Total | 3,360 | 122 | 66 |
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