State reports another big 1-day jump in COVID-19 numbers
Published 4:32 pm Friday, July 17, 2020
- NATCHEZ — The Mississippi State Department of Health on Friday reported another big one-day jump in confirmed COVID-19 cases with 1,032 new cases.(MSDH)
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NATCHEZ — The Mississippi State Department of Health on Friday reported another big one-day jump in confirmed COVID-19 cases with 1,032 new cases.
Also, on the Thursday the Mississippi State Department of Health reported 24 new COVID-19 deaths and 853 patients with confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state’s hospitals.
Adams County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases rose by eight cases to 401 cases and the county’s death toll remains at 21.
Mississippi’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases now stand at 40,829 and 1,332 deaths since the pandemic began March 11.
On Monday, the Adams County Emergency Management Agency reported the county had 71 active cases and Merit Health Natchez had 10 patients with confirmed COVID-19 cases.
MSDH reports 140 long-term care facilities such as nursing homes in the state now have active outbreaks where an outbreak is defined as one or more cases among residents or staff.
Adams County has a total of 44 long-term care facility cases reported since the outbreak began with 11 confirmed deaths in long-term care facilities.
More details of COVID-19 in the state, along with preventive steps to take against coronavirus and statewide testing locations, 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 | 401 | 21 | 44 | 11 |
Alcorn | 136 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Amite | 131 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
Attala | 405 | 24 | 89 | 19 |
Benton | 67 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bolivar | 524 | 18 | 42 | 6 |
Calhoun | 202 | 5 | 23 | 4 |
Carroll | 200 | 11 | 45 | 9 |
Chickasaw | 337 | 19 | 35 | 11 |
Choctaw | 82 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Claiborne | 328 | 12 | 43 | 9 |
Clarke | 250 | 25 | 19 | 9 |
Clay | 285 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
Coahoma | 276 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Copiah | 713 | 18 | 30 | 3 |
Covington | 487 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Desoto | 2220 | 20 | 23 | 5 |
Forrest | 1162 | 45 | 96 | 29 |
Franklin | 67 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
George | 154 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Greene | 139 | 10 | 34 | 6 |
Grenada | 678 | 14 | 52 | 8 |
Hancock | 180 | 14 | 8 | 4 |
Harrison | 1370 | 18 | 103 | 10 |
Hinds | 3418 | 66 | 157 | 24 |
Holmes | 639 | 43 | 98 | 20 |
Humphreys | 192 | 10 | 18 | 6 |
Issaquena | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Itawamba | 177 | 8 | 34 | 7 |
Jackson | 900 | 20 | 48 | 6 |
Jasper | 307 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Jefferson | 142 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Jefferson Davis | 137 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Jones | 1302 | 52 | 159 | 35 |
Kemper | 190 | 14 | 38 | 9 |
Lafayette | 560 | 4 | 42 | 1 |
Lamar | 702 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
Lauderdale | 1024 | 83 | 203 | 54 |
Lawrence | 225 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Leake | 675 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
Lee | 728 | 23 | 67 | 15 |
Leflore | 612 | 56 | 183 | 41 |
Lincoln | 570 | 36 | 115 | 27 |
Lowndes | 608 | 17 | 34 | 8 |
Madison | 1657 | 43 | 143 | 20 |
Marion | 381 | 12 | 16 | 2 |
Marshall | 334 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
Monroe | 506 | 42 | 122 | 35 |
Montgomery | 209 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Neshoba | 1071 | 81 | 108 | 32 |
Newton | 408 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
Noxubee | 297 | 10 | 15 | 3 |
Oktibbeha | 662 | 28 | 132 | 18 |
Panola | 551 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
Pearl River | 346 | 32 | 50 | 12 |
Perry | 111 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Pike | 562 | 25 | 47 | 12 |
Pontotoc | 448 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
Prentiss | 155 | 6 | 24 | 3 |
Quitman | 116 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rankin | 1322 | 21 | 61 | 7 |
Scott | 848 | 16 | 15 | 3 |
Sharkey | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Simpson | 495 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Smith | 273 | 12 | 52 | 8 |
Stone | 94 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Sunflower | 614 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
Tallahatchie | 260 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Tate | 447 | 16 | 28 | 9 |
Tippah | 180 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Tishomingo | 142 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Tunica | 139 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
Union | 307 | 11 | 20 | 8 |
Walthall | 310 | 10 | 49 | 4 |
Warren | 671 | 22 | 40 | 9 |
Washington | 918 | 17 | 27 | 5 |
Wayne | 606 | 20 | 53 | 8 |
Webster | 142 | 11 | 52 | 10 |
Wilkinson | 111 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Winston | 336 | 13 | 40 | 10 |
Yalobusha | 231 | 9 | 35 | 7 |
Yazoo | 597 | 7 | 20 | 2 |
Total | 40,829 | 1,332 | 3,122 | 642 |