The Latest: Mississippi coronavirus cases mark second-highest single-day mark
Published 10:22 am Thursday, April 16, 2020
Mississippi State Health Department officials announced Thursday morning the second-largest single-day spike in COVID-19 coronavirus cases since the state began tracking the outbreak last month
State health officials reported 264 new confirmed cases of the virus Thursday, bringing the state’s total to 3,624 cases since March 11. It was the 8th day in a row the number of new cases rose by more than 100.
The state reported 7 more people died in the state over the last 24 hours due to the virus, bringing the state’s total number of deaths to 129.
The state also tracks 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 | 70 | 4 | 2 |
| Alcorn | 7 | ||
| Amite | 16 | 1 | |
| Attala | 28 | ||
| Benton | 5 | ||
| Bolivar | 74 | 5 | 4 |
| Calhoun | 30 | 2 | 1 |
| Carroll | 9 | 1 | |
| Chickasaw | 37 | 2 | 1 |
| Choctaw | 11 | 1 | |
| Claiborne | 8 | ||
| Clarke | 20 | 1 | 2 |
| Clay | 21 | ||
| Coahoma | 45 | 1 | |
| Copiah | 39 | 1 | |
| Covington | 19 | ||
| Desoto | 211 | 3 | 1 |
| Forrest | 134 | 2 | 2 |
| Franklin | 14 | ||
| George | 8 | ||
| Greene | 3 | ||
| Grenada | 14 | 1 | |
| Hancock | 50 | 5 | 2 |
| Harrison | 134 | 5 | 2 |
| Hinds | 301 | 4 | 5 |
| Holmes | 53 | 3 | |
| Humphreys | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| Itawamba | 13 | 1 | |
| Jackson | 189 | 5 | 2 |
| Jasper | 19 | ||
| Jefferson | 4 | 1 | |
| Jefferson Davis | 7 | 1 | |
| Jones | 48 | 3 | |
| Kemper | 16 | ||
| Lafayette | 39 | 2 | |
| Lamar | 56 | 1 | |
| Lauderdale | 174 | 12 | 6 |
| Lawrence | 10 | ||
| Leake | 50 | 1 | |
| Lee | 48 | 4 | |
| Leflore | 62 | 6 | 1 |
| Lincoln | 86 | 6 | 2 |
| Lowndes | 30 | 1 | |
| Madison | 116 | 3 | 3 |
| Marion | 35 | 1 | |
| Marshall | 37 | 2 | |
| Monroe | 54 | 3 | 2 |
| Montgomery | 15 | 1 | |
| Neshoba | 39 | 1 | |
| Newton | 16 | 1 | |
| Noxubee | 18 | ||
| Oktibbeha | 42 | 1 | 2 |
| Panola | 27 | 2 | |
| Pearl River | 112 | 8 | 2 |
| Perry | 20 | 1 | |
| Pike | 82 | 2 | 2 |
| Pontotoc | 16 | 2 | |
| Prentiss | 15 | 1 | |
| Quitman | 13 | ||
| Rankin | 122 | 2 | 1 |
| Scott | 100 | 1 | |
| Sharkey | 3 | ||
| Simpson | 13 | 1 | |
| Smith | 37 | 1 | 1 |
| Stone | 16 | ||
| Sunflower | 43 | 2 | |
| Tallahatchie | 7 | ||
| Tate | 27 | ||
| Tippah | 45 | 6 | 1 |
| Tishomingo | 2 | ||
| Tunica | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| Union | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Walthall | 22 | ||
| Warren | 16 | 1 | |
| Washington | 67 | 2 | 2 |
| Wayne | 10 | ||
| Webster | 15 | 1 | |
| Wilkinson | 53 | 3 | 1 |
| Winston | 24 | ||
| Yalobusha | 14 | ||
| Yazoo | 72 | 1 | |
| Total | 3,624 | 129 | 65 |
For more detailed graphics on Mississippi’s coronavirus statistics, please visit:
https://www.magnoliastatelive.com/video-mississippis-coronavirus-case-by-the-numbers/
