Mississippi coronavirus new cases bump back up after days of slight declines

Published 1:27 pm Thursday, September 2, 2021

Mississippi reported nearly 4,000 new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus Thursday halting a trend of declining weekly averages from the days prior.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Thursday that 3,850 new coronavirus cases were found in the last 24 hours.

The additional cases reported Thursday brings the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 443,511, meaning that 14.9 percent of all Mississippians have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began.

MSDH reported 17 new deaths on Thursday, bringing the total death toll to 8,507.

Mississippi health leaders have said that a combination of a low overall vaccination rate among Mississippians along with a rapidly spreading Delta variant is causing the recent surge in cases.

Through Wednesday, only 39 percent of the total population has been fully vaccinated, nearly the worst in the nation and well below the U.S. average of 52 percent.

For more detailed county-by-county vaccination results visit: https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/12130.pdf

The 7-day, daily average of new cases rose to 2,806 on Thursday. Aside from a weekend blip, the 7-day, daily average had been declining over the past two weeks.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 3,003 with Thursday’s update.

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case and deaths totals may change as investigation finds new or additional information.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	3990	107	87	18
Alcorn	4720	80	130	20
Amite	1815	49	57	9
Attala	2950	80	187	36
Benton	1299	26	47	10
Bolivar	5720	140	237	33
Calhoun	2405	36	36	6
Carroll	1508	35	52	11
Chickasaw	2651	61	61	15
Choctaw	1143	21	11	0
Claiborne	1210	33	46	9
Clarke	2583	82	133	31
Clay	2701	64	41	5
Coahoma	3658	92	132	12
Copiah	3939	79	102	13
Covington	3880	89	142	39
De Soto	27741	315	120	26
Forrest	12317	209	282	59
Franklin	1078	26	41	5
George	4203	63	62	9
Greene	1928	41	57	6
Grenada	3293	96	154	32
Hancock	6587	98	72	15
Harrison	29962	411	521	74
Hinds	29392	535	838	137
Holmes	2447	81	106	20
Humphreys	1166	35	34	9
Issaquena	185	6	0	0
Itawamba	4037	85	135	24
Jackson	21530	297	270	38
Jasper	2951	54	45	2
Jefferson	837	31	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1559	40	9	1
Jones	12203	194	227	43
Kemper	1296	35 *	49	10
Lafayette	7574	130	191	55
Lamar	9563	110	55	12
Lauderdale	10732	272	459	104
Lawrence	1929	29	27	2
Leake	3706	80	94	16
Lee	13555	197	223	43
Leflore	4241	136	239	55
Lincoln	4938	122	199	40
Lowndes	9463	164	269	64
Madison	13353	256	414	71
Marion	3758	92	161	24
Marshall	5574	114	65	15
Monroe	5891	150	191	55
Montgomery	1594	47	54	9
Neshoba	6078	191 *	212	59
Newton	3385	67	87	15
Noxubee	1640	36	38	6
Oktibbeha	6404	112	229	36
Panola	5704	115	103	15
Pearl River	8027	185	210	42
Perry	1805	45	23	9
Pike	5044	125	136	37
Pontotoc	5554	85	86	13
Prentiss	4050	71	101	15
Quitman	977	21	0	0
Rankin	20090	328	480	66
Scott	4195	87	116	19
Sharkey	586	20	45	8
Simpson	3977	105	159	20
Smith	2306	41	72	8
Stone	3261	49	86	14
Sunflower	3950	101	124	20
Tallahatchie	2078	46	50	7
Tate	3956	93	80	19
Tippah	4024	75	120	14
Tishomingo	2995	80	102	27
Tunica	1392	31	18	2
Union	5316	84	132	23
Walthall	1929	53	69	13
Warren	6074	148	173	38
Washington	6423	143	193	41
Wayne	3947	58	80	13
Webster	1747	36	63	12
Wilkinson	954	34	25	5
Winston	2848	89	130	39
Yalobusha	2059	45	82	22
Yazoo	3981	83	149	20
Total	443,511	8,507	10,978	2,046