Mississippi updates COVID numbers on Wednesday

Published 2:00 pm Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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The Mississippi State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 489 new COVID-19 cases and 23 new COVID-19 deaths.

As of Wednesday, Adams County had 227 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 18 deaths due to COVID-19, with 43 of Adams County’s COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths from long term care facilities.

Of Adams County’s 226 total confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday, six cases are active with 189 recovered and 220 expired with 17 deaths, according to the Adams County Emergency Management Agency.

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The Adams County Correctional Facility, located off of U.S. 84 is reporting 34 total confirmed COVID-19 cases among detainees with 20 of those still being active and the detainees still under isolation and being monitored. The correctional facility has not reported any deaths.

The state now has 20,641 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 938 deaths.

Also as of Wednesday, 466 individuals statewide were in hospitals with COVID-19.

Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported cases since March 11, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

County Total Cases Total Deaths Total LTC Facility Cases Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams 227 18 43 10
Alcorn 32 1 0 0
Amite 73 2 12 2
Attala 335 23 89 19
Benton 18 0 1 0
Bolivar 197 13 19 4
Calhoun 83 4 23 4
Carroll 122 11 45 9
Chickasaw 177 16 35 10
Choctaw 71 2 0 0
Claiborne 144 9 43 8
Clarke 168 21 18 9
Clay 185 6 0 0
Coahoma 156 6 0 0
Copiah 425 7 8 1
Covington 213 3 1 0
Desoto 790 14 18 4
Forrest 697 41 94 29
Franklin 30 2 3 1
George 41 2 1 0
Greene 56 4 19 2
Grenada 170 4 17 2
Hancock 100 13 8 4
Harrison 393 7 6 2
Hinds 1390 29 90 13
Holmes 477 35 97 17
Humphreys 83 8 18 6
Issaquena 0 0 0 0
Itawamba 106 8 34 7
Jackson 385 16 38 5
Jasper 203 4 0 0
Jefferson 57 2 0 0
Jefferson Davis 86 3 3 1
Jones 910 44 125 27
Kemper 169 13 37 9
Lafayette 209 4 40 1
Lamar 300 6 3 2
Lauderdale 818 75 182 48
Lawrence 121 1 0 0
Leake 496 16 2 0
Lee 330 14 49 7
Leflore 385 47 163 33
Lincoln 330 32 93 25
Lowndes 352 10 19 6
Madison 922 31 102 16
Marion 163 9 15 2
Marshall 122 3 3 0
Monroe 301 26 93 23
Montgomery 98 1 0 0
Neshoba 921 56 68 24
Newton 325 8 4 0
Noxubee 218 6 15 3
Oktibbeha 386 18 101 14
Panola 146 4 0 0
Pearl River 224 32 46 12
Perry 55 3 0 0
Pike 248 11 19 6
Pontotoc 93 3 3 1
Prentiss 70 3 24 3
Quitman 52 0 0 0
Rankin 563 10 14 0
Scott 696 12 13 2
Sharkey 9 0 0 0
Simpson 126 1 2 0
Smith 182 11 52 8
Stone 35 1 0 0
Sunflower 128 4 0 0
Tallahatchie 49 1 2 0
Tate 155 1 2 0
Tippah 100 11 0 0
Tishomingo 47 1 2 0
Tunica 67 3 12 2
Union 109 8 19 7
Walthall 111 1 0 0
Warren 280 14 39 8
Washington 276 9 7 1
Wayne 409 8 4 0
Webster 109 8 50 7
Wilkinson 85 9 5 2
Winston 158 2 0 0
Yalobusha 139 7 35 7
Yazoo 354 6 19 2
Total 20,641 938 2,266 477