1,856 new coronavirus cases, 39 additional deaths in Mississippi

Posted: Jan 23, 2021 / 11:27 AM CST / Updated: Jan 25, 2021 / 08:43 AM CST

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reporting 1,856 new cases of the coronavirus in Mississippi, along with 39 additional deaths.

That brings the state’s total number of cases to 263,023 with 5,752 deaths.

New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday. Twenty-six deaths occurred between January 15 and January 22, 2021 in the counties below.

County	Total
Adams	1
Attala	1
Covington	1
Forrest	2
Grenada	1
Harrison	2
Hinds	1
Itawamba	1
Jackson	2
Jefferson	1
Jefferson Davis	1
Lafayette	1
Lee	1
Monroe	2
Noxubee	1
Pike	1
Pontotoc	1
Rankin	2
Smith	1
Sunflower	1
Wayne	1

13 COVID-19 related deaths occurred between December 28, 2020 and January 18, 2021, identified from death certificate reports.

County	Total
Attala	1
Hancock	1
Hinds	1
Jefferson Davis	1
Lafayette	3
Lincoln	1
Marshall	1
Oktibbeha	1
Sunflower	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.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	2136	71	72	15
Alcorn	2723	54	128	20
Amite	1014	26	54	7
Attala	1969	63	173	36
Benton	856	23	45	10
Bolivar	4104	109	225	31
Calhoun	1408	22	28	4
Carroll	1066	22	47	9
Chickasaw	1890	44	53	15
Choctaw	632	13	1	0
Claiborne	883	25	45	9
Clarke	1472	62	122	30
Clay	1658	37	24	3
Coahoma	2480	54	129	11
Copiah	2490	49	79	9
Covington	2199	73	136	39
De Soto	17675	191	113	24
Forrest	6177	124	224	50
Franklin	699	17	40	4
George	2043	39	59	7
Greene	1135	29	52	6
Grenada	2232	72	154	32
Hancock	2918	62	69	14
Harrison	14224	204	481	65
Hinds	16813	331	795	119
Holmes	1717	68	103	20
Humphreys	846	24	33	8
Issaquena	160	6	0	0
Itawamba	2680	63	125	22
Jackson	10839	190	217	30
Jasper	1795	38	36	2
Jefferson	568	21	40	5
Jefferson Davis	883	29	8	1
Jones	6668	114	217	41
Kemper	805	20	45	9
Lafayette	5162	98	188	54
Lamar	5039	65	52	13
Lauderdale	6097	192	430	94
Lawrence	1065	17	27	2
Leake	2373	67	89	14
Lee	9050	144	214	41
Leflore	3111	109	234	52
Lincoln	3056	88	173	37
Lowndes	5518	120	256	56
Madison	8568	168	359	69
Marion	2220	73	158	24
Marshall	3552	70	64	15
Monroe	3671	108	189	55
Montgomery	1116	36	54	9
Neshoba	3485	154	197	56
Newton	1990	46	86	15
Noxubee	1129	26	35	6
Oktibbeha	4059	82	215	36
Panola	3848	81	102	13
Pearl River	3468	105	158	33
Perry	1045	31	21	7
Pike	2689	81	125	34
Pontotoc	3762	58	66	6
Prentiss	2525	53	99	15
Quitman	708	9	0	0
Rankin	11167	219	390	60
Scott	2596	48	61	4
Sharkey	451	17	43	8
Simpson	2421	71	157	20
Smith	1292	26	60	8
Stone	1514	25	84	14
Sunflower	2914	75	116	19
Tallahatchie	1562	35	50	7
Tate	2796	62	80	19
Tippah	2492	50	108	7
Tishomingo	1941	61	102	27
Tunica	888	21	18	2
Union	3556	63	125	21
Walthall	1143	37	68	13
Warren	3674	103	169	38
Washington	4923	125	189	39
Wayne	2126	34	69	11
Webster	961	24	58	11
Wilkinson	598	25	24	5
Winston	2073	71	116	37
Yalobusha	1220	34	82	22
Yazoo	2552	56	139	18
Total	263,023	5,752	10,071	1,873