The State Dept. of Health is reporting 1,092 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi, and 5 deaths.  Data was collected from Tuesday at 6 p.m. to Wednesday at 6 p.m.  A total of 1,016 deaths in the state have now been attributed to the coronavirus from the 24,516 cases.

Officials say a combination of increased daily testing with less social distancing in the general population has caused the uptick in positive cases during the past week.

In Panola County, there have been 17 new cases recorded in the last day (total of 221), with no deaths. Five of the 221 patients that tested positive in the county have died from complications of the virus since the state began keeping the numbers on March 11.

The state is reporting one new case in a local long term care facility. Previously the county had one reported case, and that patient was one of the fatalities.

Lafayette County has 14 new cases for a total of 303 with four deaths.

Tate County has a total of 221 (up 10 from Wednesday)  cases and five deaths; Quitman has 56 cases (up seven) and no deaths; Yalobusha has recorded 136 cases (up five) and seven deaths; and Tallahatchie has had 72 cases (seven more than Wednesday) with one fatality.

 

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	242	18	43	10
Alcorn	47	1	1	0
Amite	81	2	12	2
Attala	341	23	89	19
Benton	25	0	1	0
Bolivar	233	13	24	4
Calhoun	108	4	23	4
Carroll	141	11	45	9
Chickasaw	217	18	36	11
Choctaw	68	3	0	0
Claiborne	200	10	43	8
Clarke	193	22	19	9
Clay	229	7	0	0
Coahoma	175	6	0	0
Copiah	528	12	29	3
Covington	253	5	1	0
Desoto	1091	15	18	4
Forrest	759	42	95	29
Franklin	32	2	3	1
George	60	3	1	0
Greene	75	5	30	3
Grenada	252	4	17	2
Hancock	112	13	8	4
Harrison	562	7	15	2
Hinds	1772	34	92	13
Holmes	501	39	98	19
Humphreys	107	9	18	6
Issaquena	2	0	0	0
Itawamba	112	8	34	7
Jackson	458	16	44	5
Jasper	221	6	0	0
Jefferson	69	3	1	0
Jefferson Davis	94	3	3	1
Jones	994	48	144	31
Kemper	170	13	37	9
Lafayette	303	4	42	1
Lamar	369	7	3	2
Lauderdale	864	78	193	49
Lawrence	140	1	0	0
Leake	520	17	3	0
Lee	429	15	61	9
Leflore	439	48	168	33
Lincoln	411	32	110	25
Lowndes	412	10	19	6
Madison	1082	31	120	16
Marion	215	10	15	2
Marshall	160	3	4	0
Monroe	328	28	94	24
Montgomery	110	2	0	0
Neshoba	922	63	77	25
Newton	325	8	4	0
Noxubee	234	7	15	3
Oktibbeha	448	21	110	16
Panola	221	5	2	1
Pearl River	232	32	47	12
Perry	56	4	0	0
Pike	321	11	21	6
Pontotoc	175	3	3	1
Prentiss	85	3	24	3
Quitman	56	0	0	0
Rankin	682	12	22	0
Scott	721	14	13	2
Sharkey	20	0	0	0
Simpson	187	2	2	0
Smith	199	11	52	8
Stone	48	1	0	0
Sunflower	209	6	0	0
Tallahatchie	85	1	2	0
Tate	221	5	17	3
Tippah	115	11	0	0
Tishomingo	58	1	2	0
Tunica	81	3	12	2
Union	150	8	20	7
Walthall	163	3	0	0
Warren	371	16	39	9
Washington	369	9	7	1
Wayne	461	9	17	1
Webster	124	10	52	9
Wilkinson	87	9	5	2
Winston	217	4	12	1
Yalobusha	141	7	35	7
Yazoo	426	6	19	2
Total	24,516	1,016	2,487	503

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information about residence.

Case Classifications

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

	Confirmed	Probable	Total
Cases	24,358	158	24,516
Deaths	999	17	1,016

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.