1,702 new coronavirus cases, 64 additional deaths in Mississippi

Posted: Jan 20, 2021 / 08:53 AM CST / Updated: Jan 20, 2021 / 04:30 PM CST

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 1,702 new cases of the coronavirus in Mississippi, along with 64 additional deaths.

That brings the state’s total number of cases to 256,827 with 5,638 deaths.

New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday. Sixty deaths occurred between January 8 and January 19 in the counties below.

County	Total
Alcorn	1
Clay	2
Desoto	6
Harrison	4
Hinds	6
Holmes	1
Jackson	3
Jasper	2
Lamar	1
Lauderdale	1
Leake	1
Lincoln	1
Lowndes	2
Madison	2
Marshall	3
Montgomery	2
Newton	1
Noxubee	1
Panola	1
Pearl River	2
Pike	1
Pontotoc	2
Rankin	5
Scott	1
Simpson	1
Tallahatchie	1
Union	3
Warren	2
Winston	1

Four COVID-19 related deaths occurred between January 8 and January 14, identified from death certificate reports.

County	Total
Harrison	1
Itawamba	1
Pearl River	1
Quitman	1

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases, 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	2078	70	72	15
Alcorn	2674	54	128	20
Amite	988	26	54	7
Attala	1946	59	173	34
Benton	833	23	45	10
Bolivar	4024	109	225	31
Calhoun	1376	21	28	4
Carroll	1053	21	47	9
Chickasaw	1857	44	53	15
Choctaw	612	13	1	0
Claiborne	866	25	45	9
Clarke	1417	62	111	30
Clay	1613	35	24	3
Coahoma	2422	54	129	11
Copiah	2439	49	76	9
Covington	2150	72	135	39
De Soto	17331	186	113	24
Forrest	6038	120	224	50
Franklin	671	15	40	4
George	2019	39	59	7
Greene	1110	29	52	6
Grenada	2206	71	154	32
Hancock	2825	59	69	14
Harrison	13731	199	478	65
Hinds	16373	328	786	118
Holmes	1691	68	103	20
Humphreys	833	24	33	8
Issaquena	159	6	0	0
Itawamba	2652	60	125	22
Jackson	10557	187	217	30
Jasper	1744	38	36	2
Jefferson	554	19	38	4
Jefferson Davis	858	27	8	1
Jones	6483	112	217	41
Kemper	784	20	44	9
Lafayette	5031	93	188	54
Lamar	4908	65	52	13
Lauderdale	5965	187	425	93
Lawrence	1032	17	27	2
Leake	2329	66	89	14
Lee	8922	141	214	41
Leflore	3059	107	234	52
Lincoln	2993	86	171	36
Lowndes	5425	118	253	55
Madison	8335	166	358	69
Marion	2150	73	157	24
Marshall	3477	69	64	15
Monroe	3591	105	189	54
Montgomery	1101	36	54	9
Neshoba	3413	152	196	56
Newton	1950	44	86	14
Noxubee	1114	23	34	5
Oktibbeha	3976	81	214	36
Panola	3746	80	102	13
Pearl River	3329	103	158	33
Perry	1028	31	21	7
Pike	2646	79	125	34
Pontotoc	3698	55	64	6
Prentiss	2482	52	99	15
Quitman	696	9	0	0
Rankin	10854	217	388	60
Scott	2508	47	52	4
Sharkey	440	17	43	8
Simpson	2383	68	157	19
Smith	1227	25	60	8
Stone	1459	21	84	11
Sunflower	2882	71	116	17
Tallahatchie	1482	35	49	7
Tate	2743	62	80	19
Tippah	2444	50	108	7
Tishomingo	1916	61	101	27
Tunica	874	21	18	2
Union	3480	63	124	21
Walthall	1128	36	68	13
Warren	3569	100	168	38
Washington	4826	124	188	39
Wayne	2032	32	69	11
Webster	939	24	58	11
Wilkinson	588	25	24	5
Winston	2026	67	114	35
Yalobusha	1191	34	82	22
Yazoo	2473	56	139	18
Total	256,827	5,638	10,006	1,855