655 new coronavirus cases, 17 additional deaths in Mississippi

Posted: Sep 19, 2020 / 09:29 AM CDT / Updated: Sep 20, 2020 / 01:14 PM CDT

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 655 new coronavirus cases in the state, along with 17 additional deaths.

That brings the state’s total number of cases to 93,087 with 2,809 deaths.

New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday.

County	Total
Clarke	1
Clay	1
Forrest	1
Hancock	1
Harrison	1
Lamar	1
Leake	2
Lee	1
Newton	1
Oktibbeha	1
Rankin	1
Simpson	1
Sunflower	1
Tishomingo	1

* 2 COVID-19 related deaths occurred between August 29 and September 5, identified from death certificate reports.

County	Total
Hinds	1
Panola	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	917	36	47	12
Alcorn	768	11	18	2
Amite	312	10	14	2
Attala	641	25	90	20
Benton	218	1	2	0
Bolivar	1790	65	197	26
Calhoun	506	12	25	4
Carroll	312	12	45	9
Chickasaw	652	24	43	13
Choctaw	178	5	1	0
Claiborne	451	16	43	9
Clarke	535	39	59	17
Clay	571	17	16	2
Coahoma	1123	27	79	2
Copiah	1159	33	48	4
Covington	806	22	30	7
De Soto	5393	55	63	13
Forrest	2382	70	172	40
Franklin	189	3	3	1
George	744	13	30	6
Greene	343	17	37	6
Grenada	1053	35	105	20
Hancock	561	21	9	4
Harrison	3727	72	239	30
Hinds	6956	155	406	63
Holmes	1091	58	100	20
Humphreys	373	15	21	6
Issaquena	103	3	0	0
Itawamba	752	21	81	16
Jackson	3378	67	77	7
Jasper	549	15	1	0
Jefferson	239	9	12	3
Jefferson Davis	325	11	3	1
Jones	2399	78	180	37
Kemper	286	15	39	9
Lafayette	2072	39	122	28
Lamar	1621	34	27	11
Lauderdale	1994	124	260	73
Lawrence	425	12	26	2
Leake	939	37	19	4
Lee	2585	67	155	30
Leflore	1362	80	189	45
Lincoln	1062	53	142	32
Lowndes	1398	57	99	33
Madison	3200	86	238	45
Marion	841	33	74	9
Marshall	1075	15	31	6
Monroe	1183	65	163	50
Montgomery	454	20	49	9
Neshoba	1534	103	114	37
Newton	756	23	36	8
Noxubee	543	15	19	4
Oktibbeha	1747	50	193	31
Panola	1440	27	13	2
Pearl River	862	50	72	20
Perry	406	17	18	5
Pike	1209	48	80	21
Pontotoc	1225	16	17	1
Prentiss	808	17	48	3
Quitman	373	5	0	0
Rankin	3188	75	156	18
Scott	1161	25	19	3
Sharkey	263	12	43	8
Simpson	1012	43	106	18
Smith	521	14	54	8
Stone	350	11	52	7
Sunflower	1411	44	71	11
Tallahatchie	749	18	30	4
Tate	951	37	32	13
Tippah	642	16	5	0
Tishomingo	657	37	95	25
Tunica	479	13	12	2
Union	978	24	46	11
Walthall	593	25	67	13
Warren	1380	50	120	24
Washington	2174	71	111	23
Wayne	874	21	59	10
Webster	331	13	52	11
Wilkinson	302	17	20	5
Winston	723	19	40	11
Yalobusha	416	14	35	7
Yazoo	1036	29	56	11
Total	93,087	2,809	5,820	1,163