JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 957 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi. Forty-four additional deaths were also reported.
That brings the total number of cases in Mississippi to 32,214 with 1,158 deaths.
New Cases and Deaths as of July 6
New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday.
| Amite | 1 |
| Bolivar | 3 |
| Chickasaw | 1 |
| Clarke | 1 |
| Desoto | 1 |
| Greene | 1 |
| Grenada | 2 |
| Jackson | 1 |
| Lee | 1 |
| Leflore | 1 |
| Madison | 1 |
| Marion | 1 |
| Monroe | 3 |
| Neshoba | 2 |
| Oktibbeha | 1 |
| Pike | 4 |
| Stone | 1 |
| Tate | 1 |
| Union | 1 |
| Walthall | 1 |
| Wayne | 2 |
| Webster | 1 |
| Winston | 2 |
* 10 confirmed COVID-19 related deaths occurred between June 17 and June 28, identified from death certificate reports. The additional deaths were reported in the following counties:
| Bolivar | 1 |
| Desoto | 1 |
| Forrest | 1 |
| Hinds | 1 |
| Lauderdale | 1 |
| Leflore | 1 |
| Monroe | 1 |
| Quitman | 1 |
| Rankin | 1 |
| Washington | 1 |
Cases and Deaths by County
Totals of all reported cases since March 11, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.
| County | Total Cases | Total Deaths | Total LTC Facility Cases | Total LTC Facility Deaths |
| Adams | 315 | 18 | 44 | 10 |
| Alcorn | 74 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Amite | 104 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| Attala | 365 | 23 | 89 | 19 |
| Benton | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bolivar | 356 | 18 | 30 | 6 |
| Calhoun | 141 | 4 | 23 | 4 |
| Carroll | 168 | 11 | 45 | 9 |
| Chickasaw | 287 | 19 | 36 | 11 |
| Choctaw | 75 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Claiborne | 284 | 10 | 43 | 8 |
| Clarke | 210 | 25 | 19 | 9 |
| Clay | 249 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Coahoma | 205 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Copiah | 620 | 15 | 29 | 3 |
| Covington | 375 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Desoto | 1724 | 18 | 19 | 5 |
| Forrest | 916 | 43 | 95 | 29 |
| Franklin | 45 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| George | 91 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Greene | 105 | 9 | 34 | 6 |
| Grenada | 506 | 7 | 34 | 4 |
| Hancock | 134 | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| Harrison | 969 | 11 | 82 | 5 |
| Hinds | 2591 | 41 | 134 | 15 |
| Holmes | 560 | 41 | 98 | 20 |
| Humphreys | 156 | 9 | 18 | 6 |
| Issaquena | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Itawamba | 137 | 8 | 34 | 7 |
| Jackson | 689 | 17 | 46 | 5 |
| Jasper | 267 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 110 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson Davis | 113 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Jones | 1140 | 49 | 154 | 32 |
| Kemper | 179 | 14 | 38 | 9 |
| Lafayette | 409 | 4 | 42 | 1 |
| Lamar | 491 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Lauderdale | 922 | 80 | 201 | 51 |
| Lawrence | 187 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Leake | 589 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| Lee | 562 | 20 | 63 | 14 |
| Leflore | 500 | 53 | 168 | 37 |
| Lincoln | 484 | 34 | 111 | 26 |
| Lowndes | 509 | 13 | 21 | 6 |
| Madison | 1326 | 35 | 135 | 18 |
| Marion | 300 | 12 | 15 | 2 |
| Marshall | 258 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Monroe | 425 | 34 | 99 | 28 |
| Montgomery | 139 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Neshoba | 1004 | 73 | 96 | 27 |
| Newton | 347 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| Noxubee | 272 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| Oktibbeha | 552 | 27 | 128 | 18 |
| Panola | 364 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Pearl River | 265 | 32 | 48 | 12 |
| Perry | 72 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pike | 454 | 16 | 40 | 8 |
| Pontotoc | 304 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Prentiss | 110 | 3 | 24 | 3 |
| Quitman | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rankin | 982 | 13 | 33 | 0 |
| Scott | 779 | 15 | 14 | 2 |
| Sharkey | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Simpson | 345 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Smith | 229 | 11 | 52 | 8 |
| Stone | 69 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunflower | 420 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Tallahatchie | 145 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Tate | 310 | 11 | 28 | 8 |
| Tippah | 138 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Tishomingo | 89 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tunica | 113 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Union | 218 | 10 | 20 | 8 |
| Walthall | 205 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Warren | 532 | 18 | 39 | 9 |
| Washington | 617 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| Wayne | 545 | 15 | 27 | 2 |
| Webster | 127 | 11 | 52 | 10 |
| Wilkinson | 93 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Winston | 280 | 8 | 32 | 5 |
| Yalobusha | 180 | 7 | 35 | 7 |
| Yazoo | 523 | 6 | 19 | 2 |
| Total | 32,214 | 1,158 | 2,792 | 558 |
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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