Coronavirus latest: Mississippi cases, deaths continue to climb; see county by county numbers
Published 10:27 am Sunday, April 12, 2020
Mississippi State Health Department officials announced Sunday the number COVID-19 coronavirus cases and deaths in the state continue to climb.
State health officials reported 139 new confirmed cases of the virus Sunday, bringing the state’s total to 2,781 cases since March 11.
The state also reported an additional 3 deaths in the state due to the virus, bringing the state’s total number of deaths to 96.
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 | 51 | 1 | 2 |
| Alcorn | 7 | ||
| Amite | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Attala | 20 | ||
| Benton | 5 | ||
| Bolivar | 68 | 3 | 2 |
| Calhoun | 18 | 1 | |
| Carroll | 7 | ||
| Chickasaw | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| Choctaw | 10 | 1 | |
| Claiborne | 6 | ||
| Clarke | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| Clay | 18 | ||
| Coahoma | 38 | 1 | |
| Copiah | 31 | ||
| Covington | 14 | ||
| Desoto | 171 | 2 | 1 |
| Forrest | 95 | 2 | 2 |
| Franklin | 10 | ||
| George | 7 | ||
| Greene | 2 | ||
| Grenada | 10 | ||
| Hancock | 40 | 5 | 2 |
| Harrison | 110 | 5 | 2 |
| Hinds | 247 | 2 | 4 |
| Holmes | 44 | 3 | |
| Humphreys | 9 | 1 | |
| Itawamba | 9 | ||
| Jackson | 140 | 5 | 1 |
| Jasper | 14 | ||
| Jefferson | 4 | 1 | |
| Jefferson Davis | 5 | ||
| Jones | 33 | 2 | |
| Kemper | 14 | ||
| Lafayette | 29 | 1 | |
| Lamar | 32 | 1 | |
| Lauderdale | 135 | 8 | 4 |
| Lawrence | 6 | ||
| Leake | 27 | ||
| Lee | 43 | 4 | |
| Leflore | 45 | 4 | 2 |
| Lincoln | 46 | 4 | 2 |
| Lowndes | 24 | ||
| Madison | 103 | 2 | 2 |
| Marion | 21 | 1 | |
| Marshall | 33 | 2 | |
| Monroe | 36 | 2 | 2 |
| Montgomery | 14 | 1 | |
| Neshoba | 31 | ||
| Newton | 10 | 1 | |
| Noxubee | 6 | ||
| Oktibbeha | 37 | 1 | 2 |
| Panola | 22 | 2 | |
| Pearl River | 83 | 7 | 2 |
| Perry | 18 | 1 | |
| Pike | 54 | 1 | 1 |
| Pontotoc | 15 | 1 | |
| Prentiss | 13 | 1 | |
| Quitman | 12 | ||
| Rankin | 99 | 2 | |
| Scott | 54 | 1 | |
| Sharkey | 3 | ||
| Simpson | 7 | ||
| Smith | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| Stone | 10 | ||
| Sunflower | 35 | 1 | |
| Tallahatchie | 3 | ||
| Tate | 24 | ||
| Tippah | 43 | 6 | 1 |
| Tishomingo | 2 | ||
| Tunica | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| Union | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Walthall | 18 | ||
| Warren | 14 | 1 | |
| Washington | 53 | 2 | 2 |
| Wayne | 8 | ||
| Webster | 14 | 1 | |
| Wilkinson | 45 | 3 | 1 |
| Winston | 19 | ||
| Yalobusha | 14 | ||
| Yazoo | 63 | 1 | |
| Total | 2,781 | 96 | 53 |
