For second day in row, Mississippi breaks new daily coronavirus case record
Published 11:44 am Saturday, May 30, 2020
For the second-straight day, Mississippi reported Saturday a daily record for the number of new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus as the state released the latest statistics.
In addition, both the 7-day and 14-day daily averages of new cases climbed to new records as well.
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported an additional 439 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours bringing the total cases to 15,229.
The state announced Saturday morning 13 new deaths were attributed to the virus bringing the total death toll to 723. One of the deaths reported Saturday occurred earlier in the month, but the reporting was delayed.
Mississippi’s 7-day average of new cases increased to 318 per day, an all-time high. The 14-day average of daily new cases also rose Saturday hitting 293 cases per day, also a new high.
The state reported that 365 deaths were of residents of long-term care facilities or approximately 50 percent of all deaths in the state.
Here are the county by county numbers:
| County | Total Cases | Total Deaths | Total LTC Facility Cases | Total LTC Facility Deaths |
| Adams | 196 | 15 | 43 | 8 |
| Alcorn | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amite | 60 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Attala | 292 | 16 | 80 | 14 |
| Benton | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bolivar | 160 | 11 | 17 | 4 |
| Calhoun | 64 | 4 | 23 | 4 |
| Carroll | 117 | 11 | 46 | 9 |
| Chickasaw | 133 | 12 | 34 | 8 |
| Choctaw | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Claiborne | 111 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Clarke | 143 | 18 | 17 | 7 |
| Clay | 112 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Coahoma | 121 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Copiah | 310 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Covington | 165 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Desoto | 533 | 7 | 19 | 2 |
| Forrest | 553 | 38 | 87 | 27 |
| Franklin | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| George | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greene | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grenada | 89 | 3 | 14 | 2 |
| Hancock | 90 | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Harrison | 257 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Hinds | 999 | 25 | 81 | 13 |
| Holmes | 397 | 28 | 80 | 14 |
| Humphreys | 60 | 7 | 16 | 5 |
| Itawamba | 87 | 7 | 34 | 6 |
| Jackson | 305 | 13 | 40 | 4 |
| Jasper | 157 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson Davis | 77 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Jones | 598 | 25 | 82 | 13 |
| Kemper | 144 | 11 | 32 | 7 |
| Lafayette | 131 | 4 | 38 | 1 |
| Lamar | 235 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Lauderdale | 735 | 61 | 194 | 40 |
| Lawrence | 102 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Leake | 421 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Lee | 149 | 6 | 20 | 1 |
| Leflore | 258 | 31 | 84 | 18 |
| Lincoln | 256 | 28 | 86 | 21 |
| Lowndes | 211 | 9 | 19 | 5 |
| Madison | 720 | 23 | 101 | 12 |
| Marion | 115 | 9 | 14 | 2 |
| Marshall | 83 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Monroe | 255 | 25 | 92 | 22 |
| Montgomery | 83 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Neshoba | 630 | 38 | 69 | 21 |
| Newton | 271 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Noxubee | 185 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| Oktibbeha | 235 | 12 | 45 | 8 |
| Panola | 70 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pearl River | 209 | 31 | 45 | 11 |
| Perry | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pike | 202 | 11 | 15 | 6 |
| Pontotoc | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Prentiss | 52 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
| Quitman | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rankin | 421 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Scott | 650 | 12 | 13 | 2 |
| Sharkey | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simpson | 101 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Smith | 150 | 11 | 30 | 7 |
| Stone | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunflower | 81 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tallahatchie | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tate | 89 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tippah | 73 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Tishomingo | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tunica | 54 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Union | 83 | 5 | 20 | 4 |
| Walthall | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren | 171 | 9 | 37 | 7 |
| Washington | 168 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Wayne | 177 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Webster | 69 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Wilkinson | 88 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Winston | 112 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yalobusha | 90 | 5 | 27 | 5 |
| Yazoo | 273 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| Total | 15,229 | 723 | 1,859 | 365 |
For more detailed graphics on Mississippi’s coronavirus statistics, please visit:
https://www.magnoliastatelive.com/video-mississippis-coronavirus-case-by-the-numbers/
