Bump in curve? Mississippi’s new coronavirus averages creep back up
Published 11:51 am Thursday, August 20, 2020
After more than two weeks of declining, Mississippi’s 7-day rolling daily average of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases has begun to increase as Thursday’s statistics marked the second day of higher-than-average new cases.
On Thursday, the Mississippi Department of Health reported 894 new coronavirus cases reported in the last 24 hours.
The state also reported 27 more deaths Thursday from the prior day. Two deaths reported on Thursday actually occurred between July 24 and August 9, the state health officials said.
The newly reported deaths make August the second-deadliest month for Mississippi since the pandemic began in March.
Through Thursday’s statistics, 530 deaths have been reported in August from COVID-19.
July is still the deadliest month on record with 593 reported deaths.
However August appears on track to eclipse that number as the daily average number of deaths reported in August is more than 38-percent higher than July’s daily average.
In total, 75,449 cases have been found in the state since March. The state believes more than 56,000 of those cases have recovered.
A total of 2,190 people in Mississippi have died as a result of coronavirus, the state reported.
The 7-day, daily average of new cases rose to 780 with Thursday’s update.
The 14-day, daily average dropped slightly to 789 cases per day.
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 | 693 | 28 | 46 | 12 |
Alcorn | 488 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
Amite | 257 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
Attala | 563 | 25 | 90 | 20 |
Benton | 181 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Bolivar | 1289 | 41 | 72 | 11 |
Calhoun | 442 | 9 | 23 | 4 |
Carroll | 279 | 11 | 45 | 9 |
Chickasaw | 535 | 20 | 36 | 11 |
Choctaw | 147 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Claiborne | 418 | 15 | 43 | 9 |
Clarke | 395 | 28 | 31 | 9 |
Clay | 435 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
Coahoma | 890 | 14 | 75 | 2 |
Copiah | 1002 | 30 | 30 | 4 |
Covington | 680 | 17 | 8 | 3 |
De Soto | 4143 | 37 | 47 | 8 |
Forrest | 1964 | 59 | 118 | 34 |
Franklin | 159 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
George | 654 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
Greene | 276 | 14 | 35 | 6 |
Grenada | 888 | 28 | 83 | 15 |
Hancock | 442 | 17 | 8 | 4 |
Harrison | 2927 | 41 | 149 | 16 |
Hinds | 6098 | 130 | 316 | 55 |
Holmes | 983 | 50 | 98 | 20 |
Humphreys | 319 | 12 | 20 | 6 |
Issaquena | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Itawamba | 465 | 12 | 47 | 8 |
Jackson | 2650 | 52 | 74 | 7 |
Jasper | 448 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
Jefferson | 208 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
Jefferson Davis | 261 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
Jones | 2033 | 67 | 174 | 35 |
Kemper | 255 | 14 | 38 | 9 |
Lafayette | 1122 | 27 | 91 | 19 |
Lamar | 1317 | 24 | 8 | 3 |
Lauderdale | 1578 | 101 | 212 | 58 |
Lawrence | 369 | 9 | 17 | 1 |
Leake | 828 | 27 | 4 | 0 |
Lee | 1885 | 44 | 117 | 20 |
Leflore | 1163 | 70 | 185 | 44 |
Lincoln | 903 | 46 | 124 | 28 |
Lowndes | 1175 | 47 | 91 | 28 |
Madison | 2668 | 77 | 220 | 38 |
Marion | 725 | 24 | 48 | 6 |
Marshall | 859 | 10 | 18 | 2 |
Monroe | 938 | 56 | 147 | 44 |
Montgomery | 381 | 11 | 24 | 6 |
Neshoba | 1364 | 97 | 109 | 36 |
Newton | 614 | 13 | 10 | 2 |
Noxubee | 499 | 13 | 17 | 4 |
Oktibbeha | 1237 | 45 | 180 | 29 |
Panola | 1184 | 20 | 12 | 2 |
Pearl River | 643 | 44 | 66 | 19 |
Perry | 274 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Pike | 1052 | 39 | 74 | 19 |
Pontotoc | 927 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
Prentiss | 537 | 12 | 31 | 3 |
Quitman | 284 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Rankin | 2529 | 44 | 115 | 11 |
Scott | 1057 | 21 | 15 | 3 |
Sharkey | 226 | 7 | 42 | 6 |
Simpson | 873 | 37 | 93 | 18 |
Smith | 439 | 13 | 54 | 8 |
Stone | 269 | 9 | 27 | 3 |
Sunflower | 1165 | 31 | 31 | 7 |
Tallahatchie | 593 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
Tate | 801 | 31 | 32 | 12 |
Tippah | 465 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
Tishomingo | 495 | 14 | 82 | 6 |
Tunica | 411 | 9 | 12 | 2 |
Union | 802 | 19 | 38 | 11 |
Walthall | 539 | 23 | 65 | 12 |
Warren | 1220 | 38 | 101 | 18 |
Washington | 1868 | 56 | 72 | 17 |
Wayne | 819 | 21 | 58 | 10 |
Webster | 278 | 13 | 52 | 11 |
Wilkinson | 244 | 14 | 8 | 4 |
Winston | 667 | 18 | 40 | 11 |
Yalobusha | 339 | 10 | 35 | 7 |
Yazoo | 912 | 17 | 29 | 4 |
Total | 75,449 | 2,190 | 4,578 | 922 |