2,756 new coronavirus cases, 40 additional deaths in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 2,756 new cases of the coronavirus in Mississippi, along with 40 additional deaths.

That brings the state’s total number of cases to 215,811 with 4,787 deaths.

New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday. Thirty-eight deaths occurred between December 7 and December 30 in the counties below.

County	Total
Amite	1
Attala	5
Calhoun	1
Desoto	2
Forrest	3
Franklin	1
Hancock	1
Harrison	1
Hinds	2
Jackson	2
Lafayette	2
Leflore	1
Madison	3
Neshoba	1
Oktibbeha	1
PearlRiver	1
Pike	1
Pontotoc	1
Rankin	2
Simpson	1
Tallahatchie	1
Union	1
Winston	2
Yalobusha	1

Two COVID-19 related deaths occurred between December 22 and December 26, identified from death certificate reports.

County	Total
Madison	1
Tishomingo	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	1801	58	72	15
Alcorn	2210	40	120	18
Amite	859	23	54	7
Attala	1728	51	166	32
Benton	675	21	45	10
Bolivar	3418	95	223	30
Calhoun	1175	17	25	4
Carroll	932	18	46	9
Chickasaw	1594	37	51	15
Choctaw	518	10	1	0
Claiborne	708	20	43	9
Clarke	1202	58	108	28
Clay	1329	30	20	3
Coahoma	1955	52	127	11
Copiah	2182	45	73	9
Covington	1843	67	133	39
De Soto	14714	139	107	20
Forrest	5232	101	215	44
Franklin	586	9	40	1
George	1732	35	48	7
Greene	988	25	52	6
Grenada	1962	62	146	31
Hancock	2033	55	70	14
Harrison	10680	157	470	57
Hinds	13966	265	690	101
Holmes	1592	65	103	20
Humphreys	726	22	33	8
Issaquena	152	4	0	0
Itawamba	2279	51	123	22
Jackson	8771	158	215	26
Jasper	1435	25	35	1
Jefferson	466	14	22	3
Jefferson Davis	762	24	8	1
Jones	5236	97	206	39
Kemper	655	19	44	9
Lafayette	4250	83	185	49
Lamar	4106	60	47	13
Lauderdale	4941	171	378	88
Lawrence	918	16	27	2
Leake	2049	51	81	9
Lee	7668	118	206	40
Leflore	2649	101	221	48
Lincoln	2551	79	169	36
Lowndes	4394	92	198	41
Madison	7194	136	330	60
Marion	1757	63	155	22
Marshall	2915	63	62	15
Monroe	3007	89	179	53
Montgomery	984	31	54	9
Neshoba	3006	141	191	55
Newton	1615	33	83	11
Noxubee	932	20	31	4
Oktibbeha	3409	74	205	34
Panola	3202	70	103	13
Pearl River	2581	81	155	31
Perry	878	30	20	7
Pike	2210	71	108	32
Pontotoc	3171	42	21	3
Prentiss	2101	42	99	15
Quitman	600	7	0	0
Rankin	8793	165	329	48
Scott	2131	40	37	4
Sharkey	387	17	43	8
Simpson	2042	63	152	19
Smith	1021	20	55	8
Stone	1173	18	78	9
Sunflower	2408	61	90	15
Tallahatchie	1228	32	43	7
Tate	2391	56	80	19
Tippah	1993	40	80	5
Tishomingo	1583	53	101	27
Tunica	758	19	15	2
Union	2809	42	105	16
Walthall	1002	34	67	13
Warren	2743	78	164	37
Washington	4259	116	187	39
Wayne	1671	27	68	11
Webster	760	18	57	11
Wilkinson	532	23	24	5
Winston	1834	50	105	28
Yalobusha	995	32	81	22
Yazoo	2114	50	138	17
Total	215,811	4,787	9,341	1,709

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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