Mississippi coronavirus cases rising, hospitalized patients at record high
Published 12:23 pm Thursday, July 9, 2020
Mississippi hit a new record in COVID-19 coronavirus patients hospitalized in the state Thursday as hospital leaders at the state’s biggest hospital begged citizens to take the pandemic seriously and follow precautionary guidelines.
The state reported 941 patients were hospitalized with either confirmed COVID-19 or suspected COVID-19. The state said 187 patients were in ICU beds and 104 required mechanical ventilation.
“We are begging and we are asking for the people in Mississippi to get on board with us and stop acting like everything is normal. It’s not,” said Dr. LouAnn Woodard, Vice Chancellor of the University of Mississippi Medical Center. “We are in a pandemic. We are still in the middle of a storm. It’s not over.”
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported Thursday an additional 703 new COVID-19 coronavirus cases confirmed in the last 24 hours bringing the total cases to 33,591.
The state estimates more than 22,000 of those cases have fully recovered.
The state also reported 16 new deaths Thursday attributed to the virus bringing the total death toll to 1,204. Three of the deaths reported Thursday occurred between June 28 and July 8, but the reporting was delayed.
Mississippi’s 7-day average of new cases dropped slightly to 689 and the 14-day average of daily new cases dropped to 648.
Mississippi’s death toll from coronavirus includes 580 people from long-term care facilities, representing approximately 48.2 percent of all deaths.
Totals of all reported cases since March 11, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.
County | Total Cases | Total Deaths | Total LTC Facility Cases | Total LTC Facility Deaths |
Adams | 340 | 19 | 44 | 11 |
Alcorn | 85 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Amite | 106 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
Attala | 375 | 24 | 89 | 19 |
Benton | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bolivar | 380 | 18 | 36 | 6 |
Calhoun | 147 | 5 | 23 | 4 |
Carroll | 173 | 11 | 45 | 9 |
Chickasaw | 292 | 19 | 36 | 11 |
Choctaw | 75 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Claiborne | 293 | 10 | 43 | 8 |
Clarke | 214 | 25 | 19 | 9 |
Clay | 255 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
Coahoma | 215 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Copiah | 631 | 15 | 29 | 3 |
Covington | 419 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Desoto | 1818 | 18 | 20 | 5 |
Forrest | 939 | 43 | 95 | 29 |
Franklin | 49 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
George | 102 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Greene | 108 | 10 | 34 | 6 |
Grenada | 535 | 7 | 43 | 4 |
Hancock | 138 | 13 | 9 | 4 |
Harrison | 1040 | 14 | 96 | 7 |
Hinds | 2697 | 48 | 149 | 17 |
Holmes | 573 | 41 | 98 | 20 |
Humphreys | 159 | 10 | 18 | 6 |
Issaquena | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Itawamba | 141 | 8 | 34 | 7 |
Jackson | 727 | 17 | 46 | 5 |
Jasper | 267 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Jefferson | 117 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Jefferson Davis | 116 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Jones | 1173 | 49 | 157 | 34 |
Kemper | 180 | 14 | 38 | 9 |
Lafayette | 437 | 4 | 42 | 1 |
Lamar | 502 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
Lauderdale | 942 | 81 | 202 | 52 |
Lawrence | 199 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Leake | 613 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
Lee | 586 | 21 | 65 | 14 |
Leflore | 522 | 56 | 173 | 41 |
Lincoln | 509 | 35 | 111 | 26 |
Lowndes | 526 | 13 | 25 | 6 |
Madison | 1382 | 36 | 135 | 18 |
Marion | 313 | 12 | 15 | 2 |
Marshall | 269 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Monroe | 436 | 35 | 99 | 29 |
Montgomery | 149 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Neshoba | 1022 | 74 | 102 | 27 |
Newton | 357 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
Noxubee | 275 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
Oktibbeha | 568 | 28 | 130 | 18 |
Panola | 399 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Pearl River | 276 | 32 | 50 | 12 |
Perry | 76 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Pike | 470 | 20 | 41 | 10 |
Pontotoc | 326 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
Prentiss | 112 | 3 | 24 | 3 |
Quitman | 89 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rankin | 1035 | 15 | 33 | 0 |
Scott | 792 | 15 | 14 | 2 |
Sharkey | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Simpson | 373 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Smith | 234 | 12 | 52 | 8 |
Stone | 73 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Sunflower | 452 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Tallahatchie | 166 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Tate | 323 | 13 | 28 | 9 |
Tippah | 144 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Tishomingo | 92 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Tunica | 119 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
Union | 238 | 11 | 20 | 8 |
Walthall | 226 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
Warren | 553 | 20 | 39 | 9 |
Washington | 643 | 10 | 13 | 1 |
Wayne | 554 | 16 | 31 | 3 |
Webster | 128 | 11 | 52 | 10 |
Wilkinson | 95 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Winston | 287 | 11 | 34 | 8 |
Yalobusha | 193 | 8 | 35 | 7 |
Yazoo | 543 | 6 | 20 | 2 |
Total | 33,591 | 1,204 | 2,882 | 580 |