2,168 new coronavirus cases, 28 additional deaths in Mississippi

Posted: Dec 3, 2020 / 08:30 AM CST / Updated: Dec 3, 2020 / 05:12 PM CST

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 2,168 new coronavirus cases in Mississippi, along with 28 additional deaths.

That brings the state’s total number of cases to 159,036 with 3,879 deaths.

New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday. Twenty-seven deaths occurred between November 26 and December 2 in the counties below.

County	Total
Attala	1
Bolivar	1
Coahoma	1
Covington	1
Forrest	1
Franklin	1
Hancock	1
Hinds	1
Itawamba	1
Jones	1
Lafayette	4
Lee	1
Lincoln	1
Madison	3
Marion	1
Pearl River	1
Prentiss	1
Rankin	4
Tishomingo	1

One COVID-19 related death occurred November 19, identified from death certificate reports.

County	Total
Rankin	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	1483	52	67	14
Alcorn	1604	28	88	13
Amite	593	15	15	2
Attala	1247	35	126	24
Benton	505	18	44	10
Bolivar	2501	85	222	30
Calhoun	815	13	25	4
Carroll	763	15	45	9
Chickasaw	1121	32	48	14
Choctaw	369	7	1	0
Claiborne	593	16	43	9
Clarke	956	53	93	27
Clay	971	27	20	3
Coahoma	1578	44	127	11
Copiah	1725	40	71	9
Covington	1355	41	88	17
De Soto	10708	104	103	20
Forrest	4001	87	185	41
Franklin	372	6	4	1
George	1317	25	47	6
Greene	630	22	40	6
Grenada	1471	45	122	21
Hancock	1309	42	67	12
Harrison	7555	113	367	38
Hinds	10519	205	548	82
Holmes	1357	61	102	20
Humphreys	557	19	33	8
Issaquena	123	4	0	0
Itawamba	1626	37	91	17
Jackson	6708	128	184	20
Jasper	885	23	1	0
Jefferson	387	12	15	3
Jefferson Davis	602	17	8	1
Jones	3821	89	188	38
Kemper	493	18	41	9
Lafayette	3440	57	150	35
Lamar	3075	50	43	12
Lauderdale	3727	147	324	79
Lawrence	752	14	26	2
Leake	1433	44	43	7
Lee	5476	97	201	39
Leflore	2139	91	196	48
Lincoln	2008	67	166	36
Lowndes	2611	67	127	37
Madison	5202	110	297	54
Marion	1242	48	109	16
Marshall	2271	51	58	15
Monroe	2122	78	176	52
Montgomery	788	26	53	9
Neshoba	2311	122	168	46
Newton	1121	29	47	10
Noxubee	742	17	21	4
Oktibbeha	2599	62	193	31
Panola	2402	53	60	11
Pearl River	1638	70	113	24
Perry	693	26	20	7
Pike	1683	60	98	27
Pontotoc	2112	31	19	2
Prentiss	1567	32	91	10
Quitman	511	7	0	0
Rankin	6130	112	226	33
Scott	1627	30	30	3
Sharkey	331	17	43	8
Simpson	1551	53	138	19
Smith	757	16	55	8
Stone	831	15	58	9
Sunflower	1955	55	84	15
Tallahatchie	1007	27	32	7
Tate	1840	51	71	18
Tippah	1325	30	61	4
Tishomingo	1148	44	96	26
Tunica	635	19	15	2
Union	1768	26	46	11
Walthall	799	30	67	13
Warren	1849	58	127	26
Washington	3367	108	187	39
Wayne	1249	24	59	10
Webster	479	14	52	11
Wilkinson	413	22	20	5
Winston	1317	26	77	13
Yalobusha	744	28	81	20
Yazoo	1629	40	137	15
Total	159,036	3,879	7,830	1,467