JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 145 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi. Nine additional deaths were also reported.
That brings the state’s total number of cases to 90,018 with 2,706 deaths.
90,018 | 2,706 |
New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday.
County | Total |
NA | 0 |
* Nine COVID-19 related deaths occurred between August 26 and September 4, identified from death certificate reports.
County | Total |
Hinds | 2 |
Holmes | 1 |
Madison | 1 |
Marion | 1 |
Newton | 1 |
Noxubee | 1 |
Scott | 1 |
Warren | 1 |
Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County
Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases for 2020, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.
The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information. The data provided below is the most current available.
County | Total Cases | Total Deaths | Total LTC Facility Cases | Total LTC Facility Deaths |
Adams | 863 | 32 | 47 | 12 |
Alcorn | 732 | 9 | 18 | 2 |
Amite | 291 | 10 | 14 | 2 |
Attala | 619 | 25 | 90 | 20 |
Benton | 206 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Bolivar | 1708 | 60 | 166 | 22 |
Calhoun | 502 | 12 | 25 | 4 |
Carroll | 303 | 12 | 45 | 9 |
Chickasaw | 624 | 24 | 43 | 13 |
Choctaw | 174 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Claiborne | 447 | 16 | 43 | 9 |
Clarke | 508 | 37 | 57 | 15 |
Clay | 547 | 16 | 14 | 1 |
Coahoma | 1073 | 24 | 79 | 2 |
Copiah | 1137 | 33 | 46 | 4 |
Covington | 776 | 19 | 22 | 4 |
De Soto | 5173 | 53 | 63 | 13 |
Forrest | 2281 | 68 | 170 | 40 |
Franklin | 182 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
George | 729 | 13 | 27 | 6 |
Greene | 326 | 16 | 36 | 6 |
Grenada | 1014 | 33 | 104 | 19 |
Hancock | 540 | 20 | 9 | 4 |
Harrison | 3625 | 69 | 237 | 29 |
Hinds | 6820 | 151 | 394 | 62 |
Holmes | 1075 | 57 | 100 | 20 |
Humphreys | 364 | 15 | 21 | 6 |
Issaquena | 99 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Itawamba | 692 | 20 | 72 | 16 |
Jackson | 3297 | 66 | 75 | 7 |
Jasper | 526 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
Jefferson | 232 | 9 | 12 | 3 |
Jefferson Davis | 315 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
Jones | 2298 | 76 | 179 | 36 |
Kemper | 281 | 15 | 39 | 9 |
Lafayette | 1958 | 39 | 122 | 28 |
Lamar | 1536 | 33 | 25 | 11 |
Lauderdale | 1952 | 119 | 250 | 69 |
Lawrence | 421 | 12 | 26 | 2 |
Leake | 925 | 33 | 17 | 0 |
Lee | 2472 | 64 | 153 | 30 |
Leflore | 1322 | 79 | 189 | 45 |
Lincoln | 1025 | 52 | 142 | 32 |
Lowndes | 1365 | 56 | 96 | 32 |
Madison | 3136 | 85 | 238 | 45 |
Marion | 823 | 30 | 73 | 9 |
Marshall | 1052 | 14 | 31 | 6 |
Monroe | 1146 | 65 | 162 | 50 |
Montgomery | 438 | 19 | 47 | 9 |
Neshoba | 1497 | 102 | 111 | 37 |
Newton | 732 | 22 | 34 | 7 |
Noxubee | 539 | 15 | 19 | 4 |
Oktibbeha | 1694 | 47 | 191 | 31 |
Panola | 1367 | 26 | 13 | 2 |
Pearl River | 823 | 49 | 71 | 20 |
Perry | 374 | 15 | 11 | 2 |
Pike | 1185 | 48 | 80 | 21 |
Pontotoc | 1168 | 15 | 7 | 1 |
Prentiss | 742 | 17 | 48 | 3 |
Quitman | 354 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Rankin | 3075 | 72 | 153 | 18 |
Scott | 1141 | 24 | 17 | 3 |
Sharkey | 250 | 11 | 43 | 8 |
Simpson | 994 | 40 | 104 | 18 |
Smith | 511 | 13 | 54 | 8 |
Stone | 343 | 11 | 50 | 7 |
Sunflower | 1338 | 42 | 63 | 11 |
Tallahatchie | 703 | 16 | 24 | 2 |
Tate | 914 | 36 | 32 | 12 |
Tippah | 611 | 16 | 5 | 0 |
Tishomingo | 629 | 34 | 96 | 24 |
Tunica | 463 | 13 | 12 | 2 |
Union | 952 | 23 | 46 | 11 |
Walthall | 579 | 24 | 67 | 13 |
Warren | 1354 | 48 | 113 | 23 |
Washington | 2126 | 71 | 110 | 23 |
Wayne | 863 | 21 | 59 | 10 |
Webster | 323 | 13 | 52 | 11 |
Wilkinson | 290 | 17 | 20 | 5 |
Winston | 717 | 19 | 40 | 11 |
Yalobusha | 405 | 13 | 35 | 7 |
Yazoo | 1012 | 23 | 46 | 6 |
Total | 90,018 | 2,706 | 5,656 | 1,126 |
Estimated Recoveries
Presumed COVID-19 cases recovered, estimated weekly (does not include cases still under investigation).

MSDH has more information about COVID-19 on its website.
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