COVID-19 whipped Mississippi in July doubling cases, drastically increasing deaths. Here’s the latest.
Published 4:15 pm Friday, July 31, 2020
More than 50 Mississippians died of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the state reported Friday. It was the single deadliest day in Mississippi’s fight with virus and ended a month of statistics that seemed to get worse with each new day.
The state reported 1,168 new coronavirus cases and 52 more deaths from the prior day, the Mississippi State Health Department reported.
Friday’s report capped easily the worst month in the pandemic with Mississippi’s case load doubling in a single month and the death toll increasing by more than one-third.
The number of hospitalized confirmed COVID-19 coronavirus patients remained at near-record levels Friday, and the 14-day, daily new case average broke the previous record as well.
Mississippi State Department of Health officials reported a record high 989 confirmed COVID-19 patients were hospitalized with another 240 suspected COVID patients in hospitals across the state.
The state reported 297 patients were in ICU beds with 176 requiring a ventilator, also a new record.
In total, 58,747 cases have been found in the state. The state believes more than 35,000 of those cases have recovered.
A total of 1,663 people in Mississippi have died as a result of coronavirus.
The 7-day, daily average of new cases dropped slightly to 1,298.
The 14-day, daily average rose again to a new record, 1,280 cases per day a new record. The 14-day, daily average has set a new record each day for more than two weeks.
Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases for 2020, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.
The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information. The data provided below is the most current available.
County | Total Cases | Total Deaths | Total LTC Facility Cases | Total LTC Facility Deaths |
Adams | 565 | 23 | 45 | 12 |
Alcorn | 335 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Amite | 193 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
Attala | 486 | 23 | 89 | 19 |
Benton | 118 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bolivar | 917 | 32 | 47 | 9 |
Calhoun | 366 | 8 | 23 | 4 |
Carroll | 240 | 11 | 45 | 9 |
Chickasaw | 420 | 19 | 35 | 11 |
Choctaw | 124 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Claiborne | 398 | 12 | 43 | 9 |
Clarke | 297 | 25 | 19 | 9 |
Clay | 363 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
Coahoma | 632 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
Copiah | 897 | 23 | 30 | 3 |
Covington | 575 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
De Soto | 3113 | 26 | 39 | 6 |
Forrest | 1564 | 50 | 98 | 30 |
Franklin | 111 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
George | 525 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Greene | 223 | 11 | 35 | 6 |
Grenada | 796 | 20 | 71 | 11 |
Hancock | 323 | 14 | 8 | 4 |
Harrison | 2048 | 31 | 124 | 14 |
Hinds | 5091 | 102 | 231 | 45 |
Holmes | 825 | 46 | 97 | 20 |
Humphreys | 262 | 11 | 19 | 6 |
Issaquena | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Itawamba | 297 | 10 | 34 | 7 |
Jackson | 1837 | 34 | 68 | 7 |
Jasper | 368 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Jefferson | 188 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
Jefferson Davis | 191 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Jones | 1705 | 57 | 168 | 35 |
Kemper | 223 | 15 | 38 | 9 |
Lafayette | 837 | 7 | 66 | 3 |
Lamar | 1080 | 12 | 3 | 2 |
Lauderdale | 1316 | 88 | 204 | 56 |
Lawrence | 300 | 5 | 14 | 0 |
Leake | 755 | 25 | 5 | 0 |
Lee | 1162 | 29 | 66 | 15 |
Leflore | 814 | 59 | 184 | 42 |
Lincoln | 730 | 38 | 115 | 27 |
Lowndes | 941 | 30 | 64 | 16 |
Madison | 2250 | 50 | 169 | 23 |
Marion | 581 | 17 | 15 | 2 |
Marshall | 536 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
Monroe | 675 | 50 | 126 | 41 |
Montgomery | 276 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Neshoba | 1186 | 87 | 107 | 35 |
Newton | 514 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
Noxubee | 411 | 10 | 16 | 3 |
Oktibbeha | 1039 | 34 | 153 | 22 |
Panola | 877 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
Pearl River | 471 | 36 | 53 | 14 |
Perry | 209 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Pike | 808 | 30 | 67 | 14 |
Pontotoc | 699 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Prentiss | 318 | 6 | 24 | 3 |
Quitman | 211 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rankin | 2091 | 28 | 86 | 9 |
Scott | 947 | 17 | 15 | 3 |
Sharkey | 139 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Simpson | 696 | 24 | 14 | 10 |
Smith | 367 | 12 | 54 | 8 |
Stone | 144 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Sunflower | 893 | 21 | 11 | 1 |
Tallahatchie | 399 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
Tate | 621 | 21 | 31 | 11 |
Tippah | 285 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Tishomingo | 299 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Tunica | 228 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
Union | 503 | 13 | 20 | 8 |
Walthall | 425 | 18 | 57 | 9 |
Warren | 946 | 25 | 80 | 11 |
Washington | 1419 | 32 | 38 | 9 |
Wayne | 729 | 21 | 56 | 10 |
Webster | 181 | 12 | 52 | 11 |
Wilkinson | 178 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
Winston | 560 | 14 | 40 | 10 |
Yalobusha | 308 | 10 | 35 | 7 |
Yazoo | 757 | 11 | 21 | 2 |
Total | 58,747 | 1,663 | 3,570 | 744 |