New coronavirus cases in Mississippi inch down again, state numbers show

Published 10:12 am Friday, September 3, 2021

Although still near historic highs, Mississippi’s number of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases drifted down again on Friday.

Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Friday that 3,352 new coronavirus cases were found in the last 24 hours.

The additional cases reported Friday brings the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 446,863, meaning that 15 percent of all Mississippians have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began.

MSDH reported 33 new deaths on Friday, bringing the total death toll to 8,540.

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 Thursday, 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 dropped to 2,708 on Friday.

The 14-day, daily average of new cases dropped to 2,882 with Friday’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	4038	107	87	18
Alcorn	4750	80	130	20
Amite	1823	49	57	9
Attala	2988	80	187	36
Benton	1307	26	47	10
Bolivar	5756	140	237	33
Calhoun	2423	36	36	6
Carroll	1522	35	52	11
Chickasaw	2668	62	61	15
Choctaw	1162	21	11	0
Claiborne	1214	33	46	9
Clarke	2600	82	133	31
Clay	2716	65	41	5
Coahoma	3695	93	132	12
Copiah	3966	79	102	13
Covington	3900	89	142	39
De Soto	27975	316	120	26
Forrest	12429	209	282	59
Franklin	1086	26	41	5
George	4238	63	62	9
Greene	1935	41	57	6
Grenada	3304	96	154	32
Hancock	6684	99	72	15
Harrison	30193	416	521	75
Hinds	29522	541	840	137
Holmes	2456	81	106	20
Humphreys	1179	35	34	9
Issaquena	185	6	0	0
Itawamba	4112	86	135	24
Jackson	21708	298	273	38
Jasper	2978	54	45	2
Jefferson	844	31	41	7
Jefferson Davis	1566	40	9	1
Jones	12307	194	227	43
Kemper	1309	35	49	10
Lafayette	7644	130	191	55
Lamar	9625	111	55	12
Lauderdale	10860	274	467	104
Lawrence	1938	30	27	2
Leake	3731	80	94	16
Lee	13684	198	223	43
Leflore	4264	136	239	55
Lincoln	4967	122	200	40
Lowndes	9554	164	269	64
Madison	13418	256	414	71
Marion	3787	94	161	24
Marshall	5612	114	65	15
Monroe	5987	152	191	55
Montgomery	1600	47	54	9
Neshoba	6111	191	212	59
Newton	3417	67	87	15
Noxubee	1659	36	38	6
Oktibbeha	6465	114	229	36
Panola	5755	115	103	15
Pearl River	8090	185	210	42
Perry	1824	45	24	9
Pike	5075	125	136	37
Pontotoc	5574	86	86	13
Prentiss	4072	71	101	15
Quitman	981	21	0	0
Rankin	20192	329	480	66
Scott	4213	87	116	19
Sharkey	593	20	45	8
Simpson	4028	106	159	20
Smith	2315	41	72	8
Stone	3287	49	86	14
Sunflower	3963	101	124	20
Tallahatchie	2088	46	50	7
Tate	3975	93	80	19
Tippah	4047	75	120	14
Tishomingo	3023	80	102	27
Tunica	1402	32	18	2
Union	5352	84	132	23
Walthall	1936	53	69	13
Warren	6100	148	173	38
Washington	6442	143	193	41
Wayne	3993	58	80	13
Webster	1788	36	63	12
Wilkinson	955	34	25	5
Winston	2874	89	130	39
Yalobusha	2070	45	82	22
Yazoo	3995	83	149	20
Total	446,863	8,540	10,993	2,047