2,342 new coronavirus cases, 55 additional deaths in Mississippi

Posted: Jan 15, 2021 / 09:31 AM CST / Updated: Jan 15, 2021 / 12:25 PM CST

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 2,342 new cases of the coronavirus in Mississippi, along with 55 additional deaths.

That brings the state’s total number of cases to 248,189 with 5,411 deaths.

New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday. Twenty-seven deaths occurred between January 3 and January 14, 2021 in the counties below.

County	Total
Benton	1
Bolivar	1
Desoto	3
Harrison	2
Jackson	4
Jasper	1
Lamar	1
Lowndes	3
Madison	1
Neshoba	1
Rankin	1
Smith	1
Tallahatchie	1
Union	2
Warren	3
Wilkinson	1

Twenty-eight COVID-19 related deaths occurred between December 17, 2020 and January 10, 2021, identified from death certificate reports.

County	Total
Adams	1
Alcorn	1
Carroll	1
Choctaw	1
Franklin	2
George	1
Harrison	1
Hinds	2
Jackson	1
Lauderdale	3
Madison	1
Marshall	1
Monroe	2
Panola	1
Pearl River	1
Prentiss	3
Simpson	1
Sunflower	1
Tippah	1
Wayne	1
Winston	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	2016	66	72	15
Alcorn	2606	51	128	19
Amite	964	25	54	7
Attala	1916	58	173	34
Benton	803	23	45	10
Bolivar	3941	106	225	31
Calhoun	1333	21	26	4
Carroll	1037	21	47	9
Chickasaw	1812	43	53	15
Choctaw	596	13	1	0
Claiborne	851	25	45	9
Clarke	1364	60	110	30
Clay	1567	32	24	3
Coahoma	2231	54	128	11
Copiah	2374	49	75	9
Covington	2088	71	135	39
De Soto	16841	171	111	22
Forrest	5870	117	224	50
Franklin	653	15	40	4
George	1974	38	59	7
Greene	1089	29	52	6
Grenada	2157	70	155	32
Hancock	2535	57	69	14
Harrison	13037	191	478	61
Hinds	15890	312	771	112
Holmes	1678	67	103	20
Humphreys	815	24	33	8
Issaquena	158	6	0	0
Itawamba	2588	58	125	22
Jackson	10128	177	215	29
Jasper	1651	34	35	2
Jefferson	530	19	30	4
Jefferson Davis	838	25	8	1
Jones	6166	108	217	41
Kemper	757	20	44	9
Lafayette	4861	92	188	54
Lamar	4753	63	52	13
Lauderdale	5724	177	410	88
Lawrence	1012	17	27	2
Leake	2278	64	90	14
Lee	8721	135	214	41
Leflore	2980	104	234	50
Lincoln	2933	85	171	36
Lowndes	5238	109	230	52
Madison	8071	160	354	68
Marion	2061	71	157	23
Marshall	3360	65	64	15
Monroe	3487	103	189	53
Montgomery	1081	34	54	9
Neshoba	3325	150	196	56
Newton	1865	42	86	14
Noxubee	1096	22	34	4
Oktibbeha	3881	79	214	36
Panola	3604	75	102	13
Pearl River	3194	92	158	31
Perry	991	31	21	7
Pike	2581	76	119	34
Pontotoc	3587	52	42	4
Prentiss	2424	50	99	15
Quitman	675	8	0	0
Rankin	10439	205	371	58
Scott	2410	43	39	4
Sharkey	424	17	43	8
Simpson	2323	67	152	19
Smith	1188	23	58	8
Stone	1402	18	83	9
Sunflower	2775	69	111	16
Tallahatchie	1382	34	49	7
Tate	2666	59	80	19
Tippah	2362	46	108	6
Tishomingo	1796	59	101	27
Tunica	845	21	18	2
Union	3374	57	124	20
Walthall	1111	36	67	13
Warren	3378	95	166	38
Washington	4734	122	189	39
Wayne	1961	30	69	11
Webster	906	24	58	11
Wilkinson	581	25	24	5
Winston	1980	61	114	33
Yalobusha	1138	34	82	22
Yazoo	2377	54	139	18
Total	248,189	5,411	9,860	1,814