Mississippi reports large number of new COVID cases on Friday

Published 6:44 pm Friday, July 3, 2020

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The Mississippi State Department of Health on Friday reported 914 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 11 new deaths. Mississippi’s total of COVID-19 cases since March 11 now stands at 29,864, with 1,103 deaths.

Adams Count now has 293 total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the county 18 total deaths with 10 deaths and 44 cases in long term care facilities.

Adams County Emergency Management Agency Director Robert Bradford said Adams County had 45 active COVID-19 cases on Thursday.

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Statewide, 95 long-term care facilities have outbreaks as of Friday.

More details of COVID-19 in the state, along with preventive steps to take against coronavirus, are online at http://HealthyMS.com/covid-19

The Mississippi Coronavirus Hotline is the best way to get your questions about COVID-19 answered. Call 877-978-6453 from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week.

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 293 18 44 10
Alcorn 63 1 1 0
Amite 89 2 12 2
Attala 358 23 89 19
Benton 30 0 1 0
Bolivar 321 14 29 4
Calhoun 128 4 23 4
Carroll 164 11 45 9
Chickasaw 269 18 36 11
Choctaw 72 4 0 0
Claiborne 256 10 43 8
Clarke 205 24 19 9
Clay 247 10 0 0
Coahoma 191 6 0 0
Copiah 592 16 29 3
Covington 334 5 2 0
Desoto 1486 16 18 5
Forrest 851 42 95 29
Franklin 41 2 3 1
George 78 3 1 0
Greene 101 8 34 5
Grenada 432 5 27 2
Hancock 126 13 8 4
Harrison 842 10 65 4
Hinds 2382 39 134 14
Holmes 544 41 98 20
Humphreys 132 9 18 6
Issaquena 9 1 0 0
Itawamba 134 8 34 7
Jackson 584 16 46 5
Jasper 256 6 0 0
Jefferson 99 3 0 0
Jefferson Davis 109 4 3 1
Jones 1104 49 152 32
Kemper 177 14 38 9
Lafayette 377 4 42 1
Lamar 440 7 3 2
Lauderdale 900 79 201 51
Lawrence 170 1 0 0
Leake 570 19 3 0
Lee 532 18 61 12
Leflore 480 49 168 34
Lincoln 443 34 111 26
Lowndes 472 12 21 6
Madison 1267 34 135 18
Marion 270 11 15 2
Marshall 217 3 5 0
Monroe 388 30 96 25
Montgomery 124 2 0 0
Neshoba 981 71 90 27
Newton 338 9 5 0
Noxubee 253 8 15 3
Oktibbeha 532 26 115 18
Panola 325 6 2 1
Pearl River 248 32 47 12
Perry 65 4 0 0
Pike 407 12 31 6
Pontotoc 273 6 3 1
Prentiss 102 3 24 3
Quitman 73 0 0 0
Rankin 888 12 27 0
Scott 762 15 13 2
Sharkey 34 0 1 0
Simpson 283 3 2 0
Smith 216 11 52 8
Stone 57 1 0 0
Sunflower 346 7 1 0
Tallahatchie 122 4 3 1
Tate 270 9 26 6
Tippah 128 11 0 0
Tishomingo 74 1 2 0
Tunica 93 3 12 2
Union 191 9 20 8
Walthall 180 4 0 0
Warren 496 18 39 9
Washington 531 9 8 1
Wayne 535 13 26 2
Webster 126 10 52 9
Wilkinson 92 9 5 2
Winston 254 6 29 3
Yalobusha 167 7 35 7
Yazoo 493 6 19 2
Total 29,684 1,103 2,712 533