Mississippi COVID-19 cases increase by 28%, including new cases in Southwest Mississippi

Published 10:13 am Thursday, March 26, 2020

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The Mississippi State Department of Health reports 108 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. The new cases include one new confirmed case in Adams County, 3 new confirmed cases in Wilkinson County.

On Wednesday, MSDH reported five COVID-19-related deaths, one in Wilkinson County.

The total Mississippi cases reported Thursday:

County Cases Deaths
Adams 3
Attala 7
Benton 1
Bolivar 6
Calhoun 3
Chickasaw 7
Choctaw 4
Clay 1
Coahoma 17
Copiah 8
Desoto 49
Forrest 16
Franklin 2
George 1
Grenada 2
Hancock 6 1
Harrison 31
Hinds 43
Holmes 7 1
Humphreys 1
Itawamba 3
Jackson 16
Jones 1
Lafayette 10
Lamar 4
Lauderdale 3
Lawrence 5
Leake 4
Lee 15
Leflore 13
Lincoln 6
Lowndes 8
Madison 21
Marion 1
Marshall 7
Monroe 3
Montgomery 4
Newton 1
Noxubee 1
Oktibbeha 10
Panola 4
Pearl River 16
Perry 1
Pike 12
Pontotoc 3
Prentiss 1
Quitman 2
Rankin 23
Scott 4
Simpson 1
Smith 1
Sunflower 4
Tallahatchie 2
Tate 6
Tippah 14
Tunica 5 1
Union 2
Walthall 4
Washington 9
Webster 2 1
Wilkinson 8 1
Winston 3
Yalobusha 3
Yazoo 4
Total 485 5

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