Thanksgiving surge continues to plague Mississippi as more coronavirus records broken
Published 9:39 am Friday, December 11, 2020
Mississippi again reported near-record numbers of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases on Friday morning with the 14-day average of new cases marking another record high for the sixth time in the last week.
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 2,327 new cases on Friday. The latest numbers bring the total cases since the pandemic began in March to 175,282.
Nearly 28,000 new cases have been confirmed in the last 14 days. New cases confirmed in Mississippi during the last 14 days already eclipse every month of the pandemic except July and November.
Here’s a monthly new case breakdown:
Month | New cases |
June | 11,746 |
July | 31,496 |
August | 24,203 |
September | 15,240 |
October | 21,970 |
November | 33,111 |
December (month to date) | 22,012 |
Of the total cases, the state believes approximately 136,627 have recovered and while many people who are infected with the virus may only have moderate or even no visible symptoms, others can get gravely ill and can die as a result.
The high number of cases, in turn, yields a high number of patients requiring hospitalization, health officials have said. Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs wrote on social media Friday morning that approximately 9.8 percent of all COVID-19 cases in Mississippi have resulted in hospitalization.
Through Wednesday’s statistics, the state reported 1,166 confirmed COVID-19 patients hospitalized with another 120 suspected, but not confirmed by test yet COVID patients also hospitalized.
Dobbs said the state would limit elective surgeries that require hospitalization starting next week in an effort to preserve available hospital beds.
The state reported 41 new deaths Friday. A total of 4,124 Mississippians have died from the virus, the state reported.
The 7-day, daily average of new cases dropped slightly to 2,321 with Friday’s update.
The 14-day, daily average of new cases rose to 1,993 on Friday, breaking the previous record set the day prior.
Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County
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 | 1572 | 52 | 72 | 14 |
Alcorn | 1745 | 34 | 115 | 16 |
Amite | 724 | 16 | 52 | 3 |
Attala | 1375 | 38 | 143 | 25 |
Benton | 546 | 19 | 45 | 10 |
Bolivar | 2753 | 89 | 224 | 30 |
Calhoun | 897 | 15 | 25 | 4 |
Carroll | 836 | 17 | 46 | 9 |
Chickasaw | 1246 | 33 | 48 | 14 |
Choctaw | 408 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Claiborne | 606 | 16 | 43 | 9 |
Clarke | 1029 | 55 | 94 | 27 |
Clay | 1059 | 27 | 20 | 3 |
Coahoma | 1702 | 47 | 127 | 11 |
Copiah | 1894 | 42 | 72 | 9 |
Covington | 1537 | 58 | 103 | 31 |
De Soto | 11694 | 111 | 103 | 20 |
Forrest | 4369 | 91 | 190 | 41 |
Franklin | 436 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
George | 1455 | 29 | 47 | 6 |
Greene | 824 | 24 | 48 | 6 |
Grenada | 1607 | 49 | 136 | 23 |
Hancock | 1454 | 45 | 69 | 12 |
Harrison | 8433 | 119 | 413 | 40 |
Hinds | 11535 | 217 | 571 | 88 |
Holmes | 1434 | 62 | 103 | 20 |
Humphreys | 610 | 21 | 33 | 8 |
Issaquena | 132 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Itawamba | 1811 | 43 | 107 | 19 |
Jackson | 7274 | 139 | 206 | 21 |
Jasper | 1015 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
Jefferson | 407 | 12 | 15 | 3 |
Jefferson Davis | 641 | 18 | 8 | 1 |
Jones | 4211 | 90 | 194 | 38 |
Kemper | 578 | 19 | 43 | 9 |
Lafayette | 3613 | 64 | 153 | 38 |
Lamar | 3361 | 51 | 44 | 12 |
Lauderdale | 4088 | 154 | 346 | 83 |
Lawrence | 810 | 14 | 27 | 2 |
Leake | 1575 | 45 | 53 | 7 |
Lee | 6079 | 103 | 203 | 40 |
Leflore | 2291 | 95 | 197 | 48 |
Lincoln | 2162 | 71 | 166 | 36 |
Lowndes | 3055 | 71 | 130 | 37 |
Madison | 5726 | 121 | 299 | 57 |
Marion | 1420 | 52 | 143 | 18 |
Marshall | 2456 | 56 | 59 | 15 |
Monroe | 2387 | 80 | 176 | 53 |
Montgomery | 863 | 28 | 54 | 9 |
Neshoba | 2521 | 128 | 176 | 52 |
Newton | 1288 | 30 | 64 | 10 |
Noxubee | 788 | 17 | 21 | 4 |
Oktibbeha | 2797 | 64 | 202 | 31 |
Panola | 2623 | 62 | 77 | 13 |
Pearl River | 1924 | 73 | 134 | 25 |
Perry | 731 | 27 | 20 | 7 |
Pike | 1850 | 62 | 99 | 27 |
Pontotoc | 2445 | 32 | 20 | 3 |
Prentiss | 1709 | 38 | 97 | 14 |
Quitman | 535 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Rankin | 7036 | 122 | 275 | 35 |
Scott | 1803 | 30 | 35 | 3 |
Sharkey | 348 | 17 | 43 | 8 |
Simpson | 1660 | 54 | 142 | 19 |
Smith | 836 | 16 | 55 | 8 |
Stone | 942 | 15 | 61 | 9 |
Sunflower | 2074 | 57 | 85 | 15 |
Tallahatchie | 1062 | 28 | 33 | 7 |
Tate | 2011 | 52 | 74 | 18 |
Tippah | 1513 | 34 | 63 | 4 |
Tishomingo | 1271 | 47 | 97 | 26 |
Tunica | 662 | 19 | 15 | 2 |
Union | 2108 | 27 | 62 | 11 |
Walthall | 856 | 32 | 67 | 13 |
Warren | 2070 | 64 | 155 | 30 |
Washington | 3592 | 108 | 187 | 39 |
Wayne | 1405 | 25 | 65 | 10 |
Webster | 556 | 15 | 54 | 11 |
Wilkinson | 474 | 22 | 21 | 5 |
Winston | 1481 | 35 | 91 | 19 |
Yalobusha | 818 | 29 | 81 | 21 |
Yazoo | 1758 | 42 | 138 | 15 |
Total | 175,282 | 4,124 | 8,380 | 1,540 |