Thursday update: Mississippi reports highest single-day jump in COVID-19 cases
Published 10:37 am Thursday, April 9, 2020
Mississippi State Health Department officials announced Thursday morning the highest single-day jump in confirmed COVID-19 coronavirus cases.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Mississippi increased by 257 to a total of 2,260 cases since March 11. The state also reported an additional 9 deaths in the state due to the virus.
Health department officials report 76 people have died as result of the virus.
State health officials also track the number cases found in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes that are considered high risk due to their residents being in close confines, often being older and often having underlying health issues.
For the sake of reporting, the state considers even a single case of coronavirus among staff or residents of these facilities as an “outbreak” and are tracked by county below.
Here are the county by county numbers:
| County | Cases | Deaths | LTCs with Outbreaks |
| Adams | 27 | 1 | 2 |
| Alcorn | 6 | ||
| Amite | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Attala | 17 | ||
| Benton | 5 | ||
| Bolivar | 57 | 3 | 2 |
| Calhoun | 13 | 1 | |
| Carroll | 7 | ||
| Chickasaw | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| Choctaw | 9 | 1 | |
| Claiborne | 3 | ||
| Clarke | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Clay | 14 | ||
| Coahoma | 35 | 1 | |
| Copiah | 27 | ||
| Covington | 7 | ||
| Desoto | 150 | 1 | |
| Forrest | 71 | 2 | 1 |
| Franklin | 8 | ||
| George | 5 | ||
| Greene | 1 | ||
| Grenada | 10 | ||
| Hancock | 37 | 3 | 2 |
| Harrison | 96 | 3 | 2 |
| Hinds | 203 | 2 | 2 |
| Holmes | 31 | 3 | |
| Humphreys | 7 | 1 | |
| Itawamba | 7 | ||
| Jackson | 122 | 5 | 1 |
| Jasper | 10 | ||
| Jefferson | 4 | 1 | |
| Jefferson Davis | 4 | ||
| Jones | 19 | 1 | |
| Kemper | 13 | ||
| Lafayette | 26 | 1 | |
| Lamar | 24 | 1 | |
| Lauderdale | 99 | 5 | 3 |
| Lawrence | 8 | ||
| Leake | 22 | ||
| Lee | 40 | 2 | |
| Leflore | 32 | 4 | 1 |
| Lincoln | 32 | 2 | 2 |
| Lowndes | 18 | ||
| Madison | 88 | 2 | 1 |
| Marion | 16 | 1 | |
| Marshall | 26 | 1 | |
| Monroe | 24 | 1 | 2 |
| Montgomery | 13 | 1 | |
| Neshoba | 17 | ||
| Newton | 8 | 1 | |
| Noxubee | 5 | ||
| Oktibbeha | 35 | 1 | 2 |
| Panola | 21 | 1 | |
| Kepearl River | 73 | 4 | 2 |
| Perry | 14 | 1 | |
| Pike | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| Pontotoc | 14 | 1 | |
| Prentiss | 10 | 2 | |
| Quitman | 12 | ||
| Rankin | 85 | 2 | |
| Scott | 43 | 1 | |
| Sharkey | 3 | ||
| Simpson | 6 | ||
| Smith | 16 | 1 | |
| Stone | 5 | ||
| Sunflower | 32 | 1 | |
| Tallahatchie | 3 | ||
| Tate | 19 | ||
| Tippah | 41 | 6 | |
| Tishomingo | 2 | ||
| Tunica | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| Union | 6 | 1 | |
| Walthall | 16 | ||
| Warren | 10 | 1 | |
| Washington | 46 | 2 | 2 |
| Wayne | 6 | ||
| Webster | 13 | 1 | |
| Wilkinson | 37 | 3 | 1 |
| Winston | 17 | ||
| Yalobusha | 11 | ||
| Yazoo | 47 | 1 | |
| Total | 2,260 | 76 | 44 |
