Mississippi tops historic milestones in coronavirus virus fight; 100,000 cases, 3,000 deaths

Published 9:27 am Saturday, October 3, 2020

Mississippi’s COVID-19 coronavirus battle set new milestones Saturday as the total number of confirmed cases topped 100,000 and more than 3,000 deaths have been attributed to the virus since the pandemic began in March.

The Mississippi State Health Department reported 609 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

The state also reported 16 additional deaths Saturday, seven of those deaths occurred between July 11 and September 26.

In total, 100,167 cases have been found in the state since March. The state believes approximately 89,700 of those cases have recovered.

A total of 3,011 people in Mississippi have died as a result of coronavirus, the state reported.

The 7-day, daily average of new cases dropped slightly to 499 with Saturday’s update.

The 14-day, daily average dropped slightly to 506 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	964	39	48	13
Alcorn	857	11	18	2
Amite	348	10	15	2
Attala	691	25	90	20
Benton	248	3	4	0
Bolivar	1898	71	217	28
Calhoun	542	12	25	4
Carroll	332	12	45	9
Chickasaw	715	24	44	13
Choctaw	188	6	1	0
Claiborne	474	16	43	9
Clarke	623	48*	90	25
Clay	611	20	19	3
Coahoma	1188	31	86	5
Copiah	1237	33	70	4
Covington	844	25	33	9
De Soto	5789	69	74	14
Forrest	2640	75	175	41
Franklin	203	3	4	1
George	820	14	34	6
Greene	403	17	38	6
Grenada	1120	36	109	20
Hancock	617	22	14	4
Harrison	4059	76	255	31
Hinds	7273	163	443	66
Holmes	1107	60	101	20
Humphreys	380	15	21	6
Issaquena	106	3	0	0
Itawamba	909	24	83	17
Jackson	3737	70	77	7
Jasper	596	15	1	0
Jefferson	244	10	12	3
Jefferson Davis	350	11	3	1
Jones	2570	81	183	37
Kemper	292	15	39	9
Lafayette	2258	41	123	28
Lamar	1855	37	32	11
Lauderdale	2106	127	260	74
Lawrence	441	14	26	2
Leake	980	38	26	5
Lee	3027	73	172	33
Leflore	1461	82	191	45
Lincoln	1144	53	142	32
Lowndes	1644	58	98	33
Madison	3387	90	238	45
Marion	886	40	89	13
Marshall	1127	22	31	6
Monroe	1283	70	169	51
Montgomery	484	21	49	9
Neshoba	1645	106	125	37
Newton	793	25	39	8
Noxubee	570	16	20	4
Oktibbeha	1848	53	189	31
Panola	1542	31	15	3
Pearl River	946	54	80	22
Perry	441	21	19	7
Pike	1257	54	97	27
Pontotoc	1323	17	16	1
Prentiss	896	19	48	3
Quitman	398	5	0	0
Rankin	3431	80	173	22
Scott	1183	27	21	3
Sharkey	268	14	43	8
Simpson	1076	47	108	19
Smith	552	15	54	8
Stone	388	13	48	8
Sunflower	1511	47	78	12
Tallahatchie	788	24	29	7
Tate	1037	38	44	13
Tippah	729	18	39	0
Tishomingo	721	39	96	26
Tunica	504	15	15	2
Union	1043	24	46	11
Walthall	605	26	67	13
Warren	1428	50	119	24
Washington	2312	84	139	30
Wayne	927	21	59	10
Webster	347	13	52	11
Wilkinson	309	18	20	5
Winston	760	19	40	11
Yalobusha	453	14	35	7
Yazoo	1078	33	71	12
Total	100,167	3,011	6,204	1,227

* Note: Four deaths in Clarke County that were previously counted as COVID-19 related deaths were determined not to be COVID-related.

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