JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 1,775 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi. Forty-eight additional deaths were also reported.
That brings the state’s total number of cases to 57,579 with 1,611 deaths.
New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday.
| County | Total |
| Bolivar | 2 |
| Covington | 1 |
| Forrest | 2 |
| Franklin | 1 |
| Harrison | 2 |
| Hinds | 1 |
| Humphreys | 1 |
| Jackson | 4 |
| Jasper | 1 |
| Jones | 1 |
| Lafayette | 1 |
| Lauderdale | 1 |
| Marshall | 2 |
| Neshoba | 1 |
| Panola | 1 |
| Sunflower | 1 |
| Tunica | 1 |
| Washington | 1 |
* 23 confirmed COVID-19 related deaths occurred between July 10 and July 27, identified from death certificate reports. The additional deaths were reported in the following counties:
| County | Total |
| Bolivar | 1 |
| Copiah | 1 |
| Desoto | 1 |
| Hinds | 2 |
| Lamar | 1 |
| Lauderdale | 1 |
| Lawrence | 1 |
| Leflore | 2 |
| Lowndes | 2 |
| Marshall | 1 |
| Neshoba | 1 |
| Newton | 1 |
| Sunflower | 2 |
| Tate | 2 |
| Tippah | 1 |
| Walthall | 1 |
| Washington | 1 |
| Webster | 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 | 552 | 23 | 45 | 12 |
| Alcorn | 331 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Amite | 192 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
| Attala | 480 | 23 | 89 | 19 |
| Benton | 115 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bolivar | 889 | 29 | 47 | 9 |
| Calhoun | 364 | 8 | 23 | 4 |
| Carroll | 237 | 11 | 45 | 9 |
| Chickasaw | 413 | 19 | 35 | 11 |
| Choctaw | 120 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Claiborne | 390 | 12 | 43 | 9 |
| Clarke | 288 | 25 | 19 | 9 |
| Clay | 360 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| Coahoma | 626 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Copiah | 885 | 23 | 30 | 3 |
| Covington | 569 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| De Soto | 3062 | 26 | 38 | 6 |
| Forrest | 1540 | 50 | 98 | 30 |
| Franklin | 101 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| George | 517 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Greene | 219 | 10 | 35 | 6 |
| Grenada | 789 | 19 | 71 | 10 |
| Hancock | 310 | 14 | 8 | 4 |
| Harrison | 1982 | 29 | 124 | 14 |
| Hinds | 5001 | 97 | 226 | 41 |
| Holmes | 809 | 45 | 97 | 20 |
| Humphreys | 257 | 11 | 19 | 6 |
| Issaquena | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Itawamba | 288 | 9 | 34 | 7 |
| Jackson | 1820 | 34 | 68 | 7 |
| Jasper | 360 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 185 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Jefferson Davis | 190 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Jones | 1674 | 57 | 168 | 35 |
| Kemper | 222 | 15 | 38 | 9 |
| Lafayette | 821 | 6 | 54 | 1 |
| Lamar | 1063 | 12 | 3 | 2 |
| Lauderdale | 1281 | 88 | 204 | 56 |
| Lawrence | 297 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| Leake | 740 | 25 | 4 | 0 |
| Lee | 1115 | 28 | 66 | 15 |
| Leflore | 791 | 59 | 184 | 42 |
| Lincoln | 716 | 38 | 115 | 27 |
| Lowndes | 922 | 26 | 64 | 14 |
| Madison | 2211 | 50 | 169 | 23 |
| Marion | 569 | 16 | 15 | 2 |
| Marshall | 526 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| Monroe | 649 | 49 | 126 | 41 |
| Montgomery | 266 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Neshoba | 1167 | 85 | 107 | 35 |
| Newton | 509 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| Noxubee | 403 | 10 | 16 | 3 |
| Oktibbeha | 1024 | 31 | 153 | 19 |
| Panola | 867 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| Pearl River | 462 | 35 | 53 | 14 |
| Perry | 205 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Pike | 803 | 30 | 67 | 14 |
| Pontotoc | 673 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Prentiss | 307 | 6 | 24 | 3 |
| Quitman | 204 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rankin | 2048 | 27 | 86 | 8 |
| Scott | 944 | 17 | 15 | 3 |
| Sharkey | 136 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Simpson | 685 | 17 | 9 | 4 |
| Smith | 366 | 12 | 53 | 8 |
| Stone | 138 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Sunflower | 873 | 20 | 10 | 1 |
| Tallahatchie | 395 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Tate | 594 | 21 | 31 | 11 |
| Tippah | 269 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Tishomingo | 293 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Tunica | 224 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
| Union | 467 | 13 | 20 | 8 |
| Walthall | 420 | 17 | 55 | 9 |
| Warren | 930 | 24 | 79 | 10 |
| Washington | 1389 | 28 | 38 | 9 |
| Wayne | 717 | 21 | 56 | 10 |
| Webster | 176 | 12 | 52 | 11 |
| Wilkinson | 173 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| Winston | 544 | 14 | 40 | 10 |
| Yalobusha | 303 | 10 | 35 | 7 |
| Yazoo | 747 | 11 | 21 | 2 |
| Total | 57,579 | 1,611 | 3,537 | 721 |
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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