Latest: Mississippi coronavirus cases continue at steady rate

Published 12:06 pm Saturday, June 13, 2020

Mississippi reported additional COVID-19 coronavirus cases Saturday at a rate below the 7-day and 14-day averages.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported an additional 257 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours bringing the total cases to 19,348. The state estimates more than 13,000 of those cases have fully recovered.

The state announced Saturday 8 new deaths were attributed to the virus bringing the total death toll to 889. State health officials said 4 of the deaths reported Saturday actually occurred between May 25 and June 4, but their reporting was delayed.

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Mississippi’s 7-day average of new cases dropped slightly to 331 per day. The record high of the 7-day average of new cases is 332 and was set on Friday.

The 14-day average of daily new cases dropped Saturday to 294 cases per day. The 14-day, daily average record was 317 set on Wednesday.

Mississippi’s death toll from coronavirus includes 456 people from long-term care facilities or 51 percent of the total deaths.

County Total Cases Total Deaths Total LTC Facility Cases Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams 225 17 43 10
Alcorn 29 1 0 0
Amite 70 2 12 2
Attala 328 23 89 19
Benton 17 0 1 0
Bolivar 185 12 19 4
Calhoun 78 4 23 4
Carroll 122 11 45 9
Chickasaw 165 16 35 10
Choctaw 65 2 0 0
Claiborne 138 8 42 7
Clarke 165 21 17 9
Clay 173 6 0 0
Coahoma 146 4 0 0
Copiah 397 6 1 0
Covington 203 3 1 0
Desoto 713 12 18 4
Forrest 678 41 93 29
Franklin 30 2 3 1
George 35 2 1 0
Greene 51 2 17 0
Grenada 157 4 17 2
Hancock 100 12 9 3
Harrison 335 7 3 2
Hinds 1263 27 87 13
Holmes 465 33 96 17
Humphreys 80 8 18 6
Issaquena 0 0 0 0
Itawamba 99 8 33 7
Jackson 350 16 38 5
Jasper 193 4 0 0
Jefferson 53 2 0 0
Jefferson Davis 84 3 3 1
Jones 852 38 117 21
Kemper 167 12 37 9
Lafayette 171 4 40 1
Lamar 288 5 3 2
Lauderdale 801 75 181 48
Lawrence 115 1 0 0
Leake 483 15 2 0
Lee 292 11 37 4
Leflore 352 45 132 31
Lincoln 320 32 92 25
Lowndes 311 9 19 5
Madison 877 30 100 16
Marion 140 9 15 2
Marshall 101 3 1 0
Monroe 291 25 93 22
Montgomery 94 1 0 0
Neshoba 877 50 68 22
Newton 321 6 4 0
Noxubee 212 6 15 3
Oktibbeha 351 17 98 14
Panola 121 3 0 0
Pearl River 221 31 45 11
Perry 54 3 0 0
Pike 224 11 15 6
Pontotoc 71 3 3 1
Prentiss 65 3 21 3
Quitman 48 0 0 0
Rankin 536 10 13 0
Scott 688 12 13 2
Sharkey 8 0 0 0
Simpson 117 1 2 0
Smith 175 11 52 8
Stone 34 0 0 0
Sunflower 117 4 0 0
Tallahatchie 40 1 0 0
Tate 128 1 2 0
Tippah 93 11 0 0
Tishomingo 46 0 2 0
Tunica 64 3 12 2
Union 97 8 19 7
Walthall 100 1 0 0
Warren 248 12 39 8
Washington 246 8 7 1
Wayne 373 7 1 0
Webster 109 8 43 7
Wilkinson 85 9 5 2
Winston 148 2 0 0
Yalobusha 137 7 35 7
Yazoo 347 6 19 2
Total 19,348 889 2,166 456