The Latest: Mississippi marks second-highest single day increase in coronavirus cases
Published 11:08 am Friday, April 24, 2020
Mississippi State Health Department officials announced Friday morning the second-highest single day increase in COVID-19 coronavirus cases within the state.
State health officials reported 281 new confirmed cases of the virus Friday, bringing the state’s total to 5,434 cases since March 11. It was the 16th day in a row the number of new cases rose by more than 100.
The state reported 8 more people died in the state over the last 24 hours due to the virus, bringing the state’s total number of deaths to 209.
State health officials are also now reporting racial breakdowns of both cases and deaths.
Black Mississippians make up 52.6% of all positive coronavirus cases. But blacks make up 61% of the deaths related to the virus.
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 | Total Cases | Total Deaths | Total Cases in LTC Facilities |
| Adams | 104 | 7 | 14 |
| Alcorn | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Amite | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| Attala | 68 | 0 | 8 |
| Benton | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bolivar | 90 | 7 | 13 |
| Calhoun | 46 | 3 | 22 |
| Carroll | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Chickasaw | 53 | 4 | 16 |
| Choctaw | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Claiborne | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarke | 43 | 3 | 9 |
| Clay | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| Coahoma | 54 | 2 | 1 |
| Copiah | 65 | 1 | 1 |
| Covington | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Desoto | 256 | 4 | 2 |
| Forrest | 174 | 7 | 16 |
| Franklin | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| George | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Greene | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Grenada | 27 | 0 | 14 |
| Hancock | 56 | 5 | 7 |
| Harrison | 157 | 6 | 1 |
| Hinds | 401 | 6 | 10 |
| Holmes | 92 | 5 | 16 |
| Humphreys | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| Itawamba | 32 | 1 | 13 |
| Jackson | 235 | 6 | 35 |
| Jasper | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson Davis | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Jones | 104 | 0 | 6 |
| Kemper | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| Lafayette | 83 | 3 | 16 |
| Lamar | 82 | 2 | 0 |
| Lauderdale | 268 | 18 | 65 |
| Lawrence | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| Leake | 136 | 1 | 0 |
| Lee | 70 | 4 | 4 |
| Leflore | 124 | 14 | 26 |
| Lincoln | 132 | 7 | 44 |
| Lowndes | 38 | 2 | 2 |
| Madison | 178 | 4 | 10 |
| Marion | 55 | 4 | 12 |
| Marshall | 40 | 2 | 0 |
| Monroe | 117 | 9 | 49 |
| Montgomery | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| Neshoba | 116 | 2 | 1 |
| Newton | 51 | 0 | 1 |
| Noxubee | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| Oktibbeha | 46 | 3 | 6 |
| Panola | 38 | 2 | 0 |
| Pearl River | 144 | 13 | 28 |
| Perry | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| Pike | 127 | 4 | 8 |
| Pontotoc | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| Prentiss | 29 | 0 | 17 |
| Quitman | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Rankin | 154 | 4 | 4 |
| Scott | 200 | 0 | 7 |
| Sharkey | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Simpson | 36 | 0 | 2 |
| Smith | 55 | 3 | 17 |
| Stone | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunflower | 51 | 2 | 0 |
| Tallahatchie | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Tate | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| Tippah | 50 | 7 | 0 |
| Tishomingo | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Tunica | 34 | 1 | 12 |
| Union | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| Walthall | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| Warren | 39 | 2 | 0 |
| Washington | 74 | 3 | 4 |
| Wayne | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Webster | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| Wilkinson | 66 | 7 | 5 |
| Winston | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| Yalobusha | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Yazoo | 117 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 5,434 | 209 | 552 |
Table above now lists the number of cases in long-term care facilities, and not the number of facilities with outbreaks.
For more detailed graphics on Mississippi’s coronavirus statistics, please visit:
https://www.magnoliastatelive.com/video-mississippis-coronavirus-case-by-the-numbers/
