Coronavirus two-week daily case average hits record high, hospitalization rate eases slightly
Published 12:10 pm Saturday, July 11, 2020
The number of Mississippians hospitalized with the COVID-19 coronavirus ticked down slightly Saturday the state reported but remained at near-record levels as the state hit another new record in the two-week average of new daily cases of the virus.
The Mississippi State Health Department reported Thursday that five of the state’s biggest hospitals had no available ICU beds and several more hospitals were near-maximum capacity as well. On Friday, the state said it would halt non-emergency surgeries for at least 10 days to free up more hospital capacity.
The state reported Saturday 963 patients were hospitalized with either confirmed COVID-19 or suspected COVID-19. The state said 202 patients were in ICU beds and 107 required mechanical ventilation. The hospitalization record was set Friday when 981 people were hospitalized.
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported Saturday an additional 797 new COVID-19 coronavirus cases confirmed in the last 24 hours bringing the total cases to 35,419.
The state estimates more than 22,000 of those cases have fully recovered.
The state also reported 15 new deaths Saturday attributed to the virus bringing the total death toll to 1,230.
Mississippi’s 7-day average of new cases dropped to 677 and the 14-day average of daily new cases rose to 706, which was an all-time high.
In the last 14 days 195 deaths have been attributed to the virus. That’s the highest 14-day total of deaths since June 10.
Mississippi’s death toll from coronavirus includes 593 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 | 351 | 20 | 44 | 11 |
Alcorn | 100 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Amite | 110 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
Attala | 384 | 24 | 89 | 19 |
Benton | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bolivar | 405 | 18 | 37 | 6 |
Calhoun | 164 | 5 | 23 | 4 |
Carroll | 181 | 11 | 45 | 9 |
Chickasaw | 297 | 19 | 35 | 11 |
Choctaw | 75 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Claiborne | 301 | 11 | 43 | 8 |
Clarke | 223 | 25 | 19 | 9 |
Clay | 258 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
Coahoma | 222 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Copiah | 653 | 15 | 30 | 3 |
Covington | 435 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Desoto | 1900 | 19 | 21 | 5 |
Forrest | 993 | 43 | 95 | 29 |
Franklin | 54 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
George | 116 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Greene | 113 | 10 | 34 | 6 |
Grenada | 594 | 9 | 43 | 5 |
Hancock | 144 | 13 | 8 | 4 |
Harrison | 1136 | 16 | 98 | 9 |
Hinds | 2908 | 51 | 151 | 17 |
Holmes | 586 | 41 | 98 | 20 |
Humphreys | 163 | 10 | 18 | 6 |
Issaquena | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Itawamba | 146 | 8 | 34 | 7 |
Jackson | 775 | 19 | 48 | 6 |
Jasper | 277 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Jefferson | 126 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Jefferson Davis | 120 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Jones | 1203 | 49 | 157 | 34 |
Kemper | 184 | 14 | 38 | 9 |
Lafayette | 497 | 4 | 42 | 1 |
Lamar | 534 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
Lauderdale | 963 | 81 | 202 | 52 |
Lawrence | 209 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Leake | 635 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
Lee | 612 | 22 | 66 | 15 |
Leflore | 531 | 56 | 173 | 41 |
Lincoln | 529 | 35 | 115 | 27 |
Lowndes | 548 | 13 | 25 | 6 |
Madison | 1446 | 38 | 136 | 19 |
Marion | 327 | 12 | 15 | 2 |
Marshall | 277 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Monroe | 456 | 35 | 108 | 29 |
Montgomery | 171 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Neshoba | 1045 | 77 | 106 | 30 |
Newton | 375 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
Noxubee | 278 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
Oktibbeha | 611 | 28 | 132 | 18 |
Panola | 448 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Pearl River | 288 | 32 | 50 | 12 |
Perry | 87 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Pike | 499 | 20 | 42 | 10 |
Pontotoc | 346 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
Prentiss | 120 | 4 | 24 | 3 |
Quitman | 99 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rankin | 1087 | 15 | 53 | 0 |
Scott | 819 | 15 | 14 | 2 |
Sharkey | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Simpson | 393 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Smith | 246 | 12 | 52 | 8 |
Stone | 74 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Sunflower | 477 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Tallahatchie | 195 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Tate | 352 | 13 | 27 | 8 |
Tippah | 145 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Tishomingo | 97 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Tunica | 123 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
Union | 252 | 11 | 20 | 8 |
Walthall | 262 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
Warren | 594 | 21 | 39 | 9 |
Washington | 722 | 13 | 18 | 4 |
Wayne | 562 | 18 | 37 | 4 |
Webster | 134 | 11 | 52 | 10 |
Wilkinson | 98 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Winston | 295 | 11 | 38 | 8 |
Yalobusha | 207 | 9 | 35 | 7 |
Yazoo | 553 | 6 | 20 | 2 |
Total | 35,419 | 1,230 | 2,959 | 593 |