Coronavirus continues to spread rapidly across Mississippi, 1 in 22 Mississippians have contracted the virus this month
Published 5:22 pm Friday, January 21, 2022
Mississippi continued to log thousands more new COVID-19 coronavirus cases on Friday, but the weekly average number dipped ever so slightly from the most recent skyward trend.
Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) officials reported Friday that 7,509 new coronavirus cases were found in the 24-hour period that ended at 3 p.m. Thursday.
Since January 1, 137,645 cases have been officially logged, though the number is likely much higher due to at-home tests typically not being reported to the state health department.
To put the rapid spread in perspective, statistically, 1 in every 22 Mississippians has tested positive for the virus since the start of January.
The new cases reported Friday bring the total number of cases found in the state since the pandemic began to 681,382.
Although health experts say the new omicron variant tends to require less hospital care than previous variants, the massive number of new cases in this wave is still causing hospitalizations to grow rapidly.
Through Wednesday, 1,495 patients were hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19, the state health department reported. At the peak during last summer’s delta variant wave hospitalizations hit a high mark of 1,667 on August 19, 2021.
MSDH reported 14 new deaths on Friday, bringing the total death toll to 10,721.
Through Thursday, 49 percent of the total Mississippi population has been fully vaccinated. The number of fully vaccinated Mississippians remains below the U.S. average of 63 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 dipped slightly Friday to 6,679.
The 14-day, daily average of new cases rose to 6,774 with Friday’s update. It was another new all-time high.
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 | 5922 | 125 | 89 | 18 |
Alcorn | 8266 | 123 | 131 | 20 |
Amite | 2724 | 59 | 57 | 9 |
Attala | 4122 | 91 | 192 | 36 |
Benton | 1954 | 43 | 47 | 10 |
Bolivar | 7974 | 157 | 241 | 33 |
Calhoun | 3973 | 52 | 44 | 7 |
Carroll | 2297 | 42 | 52 | 11 |
Chickasaw | 4664 | 80 | 61 | 15 |
Choctaw | 1714 | 27 | 13 | 0 |
Claiborne | 1937 | 42 | 46 | 9 |
Clarke | 3654 | 96 | 132 | 32 |
Clay | 4439 | 80 | 41 | 5 |
Coahoma | 5648 | 116 | 138 | 14 |
Copiah | 6076 | 96 | 109 | 15 |
Covington | 6330 | 98 | 158 | 39 |
De Soto | 43813 | 474 | 131 | 27 |
Forrest | 18343 | 268 | 323 | 61 |
Franklin | 1666 | 34 | 47 | 5 |
George | 6179 | 81 | 75 | 9 |
Greene | 2665 | 50 | 71 | 6 |
Grenada | 4834 | 113 | 155 | 32 |
Hancock | 10062 | 141 | 140 | 22 |
Harrison | 44093 | 578 | 612 | 81 |
Hinds | 47341 | 682 | 860 | 140 |
Holmes | 3881 | 94 | 117 | 20 |
Humphreys | 1758 | 39 | 35 | 9 |
Issaquena | 222 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Itawamba | 6201 | 115 | 136 | 24 |
Jackson | 32118 | 398 | 334 | 41 |
Jasper | 4186 | 66 | 46 | 2 |
Jefferson | 1305 | 35 | 41 | 7 |
Jefferson Davis | 2527 | 43 | 15 | 1 |
Jones | 18117 | 251 | 293 | 45 |
Kemper | 1893 | 42 | 50 | 10 |
Lafayette | 12519 | 156 | 202 | 57 |
Lamar | 14646 | 142 | 65 | 12 |
Lauderdale | 16196 | 326 | 499 | 108 |
Lawrence | 3014 | 45 | 28 | 2 |
Leake | 5339 | 92 | 103 | 17 |
Lee | 23198 | 255 | 224 | 43 |
Leflore | 6785 | 145 | 260 | 56 |
Lincoln | 6888 | 142 | 210 | 41 |
Lowndes | 14797 | 203 | 306 | 69 |
Madison | 21129 | 290 | 416 | 72 |
Marion | 5908 | 122 | 171 | 24 |
Marshall | 8563 | 150 | 69 | 17 |
Monroe | 9302 | 187 | 192 | 55 |
Montgomery | 2621 | 61 | 74 | 11 |
Neshoba | 8885 | 211 | 232 | 61 |
Newton | 4930 | 86 | 89 | 15 |
Noxubee | 2409 | 46 | 42 | 6 |
Oktibbeha | 9191 | 141 | 272 | 40 |
Panola | 9143 | 141 | 103 | 15 |
Pearl River | 12602 | 248 | 234 | 42 |
Perry | 2635 | 57 | 41 | 9 |
Pike | 7830 | 160 | 178 | 44 |
Pontotoc | 8729 | 118 | 88 | 13 |
Prentiss | 6865 | 89 | 101 | 15 |
Quitman | 1399 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Rankin | 31081 | 422 | 503 | 69 |
Scott | 5928 | 101 | 119 | 19 |
Sharkey | 790 | 21 | 45 | 8 |
Simpson | 5976 | 122 | 169 | 20 |
Smith | 3472 | 57 | 78 | 8 |
Stone | 4560 | 67 | 100 | 14 |
Sunflower | 5308 | 111 | 129 | 21 |
Tallahatchie | 2812 | 53 | 50 | 7 |
Tate | 6191 | 126 | 80 | 19 |
Tippah | 6098 | 89 | 120 | 14 |
Tishomingo | 5080 | 99 | 103 | 28 |
Tunica | 2265 | 41 | 20 | 3 |
Union | 8174 | 104 | 133 | 23 |
Walthall | 2959 | 70 | 69 | 14 |
Warren | 9040 | 184 | 175 | 38 |
Washington | 9123 | 171 | 213 | 41 |
Wayne | 4985 | 73 | 82 | 13 |
Webster | 2683 | 51 | 66 | 14 |
Wilkinson | 1674 | 41 | 25 | 6 |
Winston | 4280 | 96 | 135 | 39 |
Yalobusha | 3436 | 49 | 83 | 22 |
Yazoo | 7046 | 94 | 152 | 20 |
Total | 681,382 | 10,721 | 11,880 | 2,119 |