2,205 new coronavirus cases, 48 additional deaths in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 2,205 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi, along with 48 additional deaths.

That brings the state’s total number of cases to 183,300 with 4,252 deaths.

New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday. Thirty-two deaths occurred between December 8 and December 14 in the counties below.

County	Total
Attala	3
Bolivar	1
Chickasaw	1
Covington	1
Forrest	1
Hinds	4
Holmes	1
Jefferson Davis	1
Lauderdale	2
Lincoln	2
Lowndes	1
Monroe	1
Oktibbeha	1
Panola	1
Perry	1
Rankin	3
Scott	1
Warren	1
Winston	4
Yazoo	1

16 COVID-19 related deaths occurred between November 25 and December 10, identified from death certificate reports.

County	Total
Alcorn	1
Desoto	1
Harrison	3
Hinds	1
Leflore	1
Marshall	1
Newton	1
Panola	1
Pike	1
Pontotoc	1
Scott	1
Stone	1
Tate	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	1630	52	72	14
Alcorn	1853	36	116	17
Amite	757	16	52	3
Attala	1445	43	159	28
Benton	573	19	45	10
Bolivar	2857	90	224	30
Calhoun	921	15	25	4
Carroll	855	17	46	9
Chickasaw	1307	35	48	14
Choctaw	431	10	1	0
Claiborne	621	16	43	9
Clarke	1051	55	95	27
Clay	1110	28	20	3
Coahoma	1754	47	127	11
Copiah	1962	42	72	9
Covington	1602	62	105	34
De Soto	12217	115	103	20
Forrest	4538	93	190	42
Franklin	470	6	4	1
George	1501	30	47	7
Greene	888	25	48	6
Grenada	1729	51	137	24
Hancock	1539	46	69	12
Harrison	8915	127	423	45
Hinds	12069	227	576	89
Holmes	1478	63	103	20
Humphreys	641	21	33	8
Issaquena	133	4	0	0
Itawamba	1872	43	108	19
Jackson	7565	142	206	23
Jasper	1085	24	9	0
Jefferson	428	12	15	3
Jefferson Davis	675	21	8	1
Jones	4417	91	195	38
Kemper	604	19	43	9
Lafayette	3700	67	153	41
Lamar	3511	52	44	12
Lauderdale	4268	159	346	85
Lawrence	838	15	27	2
Leake	1647	45	53	7
Lee	6422	105	203	40
Leflore	2337	97	197	48
Lincoln	2223	73	166	36
Lowndes	3380	73	137	37
Madison	5997	122	299	57
Marion	1480	54	143	18
Marshall	2543	57	61	15
Monroe	2504	81	176	53
Montgomery	893	30	54	9
Neshoba	2614	132	176	54
Newton	1336	32	64	11
Noxubee	826	17	21	4
Oktibbeha	2915	65	202	31
Panola	2754	67	76	13
Pearl River	2045	73	134	25
Perry	754	28	20	7
Pike	1907	64	99	27
Pontotoc	2591	33	20	3
Prentiss	1779	39	97	14
Quitman	548	7	0	0
Rankin	7366	132	286	37
Scott	1851	33	35	3
Sharkey	357	17	43	8
Simpson	1723	54	142	19
Smith	867	17	55	8
Stone	987	17	63	9
Sunflower	2145	57	89	15
Tallahatchie	1106	28	33	7
Tate	2113	53	74	18
Tippah	1651	36	63	4
Tishomingo	1337	47	97	26
Tunica	672	19	15	2
Union	2273	27	64	11
Walthall	883	32	67	13
Warren	2187	67	154	31
Washington	3697	109	187	39
Wayne	1472	25	65	10
Webster	616	16	55	11
Wilkinson	486	22	21	5
Winston	1549	41	91	25
Yalobusha	849	30	81	22
Yazoo	1808	43	138	16
Total	183,300	4,252	8,453	1,577

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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