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The Mississippi State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 263 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 16 new deaths. Mississippi’s total of COVID-19 cases since March 11 now stands at 11,967, with 570 deaths.

MSDH reports 44 of the new cases were among residents in long-term care facilities.

There are fewer active outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities, MSDH reports; 87 long-term care facilities in the state have active outbreaks where an outbreak is defined as one or more cases among residents or staff.

One new virus case had been reported from Adam’s County, which as of Wednesday has had a total of 178 confirmed virus cases and 15 virus-related deaths reported since March 11. Of those cases, 39 were residents of long-term care facilities in Adams County and 8 residents of long-term care facilities died with the disease.

More details of COVID-19 in the state, along with preventive steps to take against coronavirus and statewide testing locations, are online at http://HealthyMS.com/covid-19.

The Mississippi Coronavirus Hotline is the best way to get your questions about COVID-19 answered. Call 877-978-6453 from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week.

Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported cases since March 11, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	178	15	39	8
Alcorn	12	1	0	0
Amite	48	1	6	1
Attala	259	10	66	10
Benton	13	0	1	0
Bolivar	132	10	16	4
Calhoun	59	4	23	4
Carroll	111	8	45	6
Chickasaw	117	12	34	8
Choctaw	24	2	0	0
Claiborne	51	1	2	0
Clarke	120	16	16	7
Clay	86	3	0	0
Coahoma	86	3	0	0
Copiah	211	4	0	0
Covington	117	1	1	0
Desoto	418	5	13	1
Forrest	438	32	82	22
Franklin	22	1	1	0
George	19	1	0	0
Greene	7	1	0	0
Grenada	63	2	14	2
Hancock	81	10	7	3
Harrison	220	6	1	1
Hinds	800	23	77	13
Holmes	320	21	70	10
Humphreys	49	5	15	3
Itawamba	81	7	33	6
Jackson	288	13	39	4
Jasper	123	3	0	0
Jefferson	38	0	0	0
Jefferson Davis	69	2	3	1
Jones	366	12	48	5
Kemper	110	10	26	6
Lafayette	110	3	37	0
Lamar	205	4	4	2
Lauderdale	616	46	162	28
Lawrence	80	0	1	0
Leake	367	7	3	0
Lee	95	5	8	1
Leflore	205	23	52	11
Lincoln	222	18	68	14
Lowndes	135	6	17	4
Madison	573	18	89	11
Marion	97	8	14	2
Marshall	68	3	2	0
Monroe	226	23	92	20
Montgomery	75	1	0	0
Neshoba	452	26	51	14
Newton	206	3	2	0
Noxubee	145	4	14	3
Oktibbeha	110	8	29	5
Panola	54	2	0	0
Pearl River	197	27	44	9
Perry	38	2	0	0
Pike	186	11	14	6
Pontotoc	26	2	3	0
Prentiss	36	3	22	3
Quitman	21	0	0	0
Rankin	310	6	5	0
Scott	567	10	13	2
Sharkey	7	0	0	0
Simpson	79	0	4	0
Smith	121	10	29	7
Stone	26	0	0	0
Sunflower	70	3	0	0
Tallahatchie	21	1	0	0
Tate	56	1	2	0
Tippah	69	11	0	0
Tishomingo	21	0	1	0
Tunica	45	2	12	2
Union	65	4	18	3
Walthall	46	0	0	0
Warren	136	5	34	3
Washington	139	4	6	1
Wayne	51	0	2	0
Webster	22	1	0	0
Wilkinson	80	9	5	2
Winston	86	0	0	0
Yalobusha	75	3	24	3
Yazoo	194	2	7	0
Total	11,967	570	1,568	281

Long-Term Care Facility Cases and Deaths by Race

Long-term care (LTC) facilities like nursing homes are considered high-risk locations because their residents are older or in poor health. Even one case of COVID-19 in these facilities among residents or employees is considered an outbreak. We investigate residents, staff and close contacts of infected individuals for possible exposure. (Long-term care facilities include nursing homes, intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, personal care homes, assisted living facilities, long-term acute care facilities, and psychiatric or chemical dependency residential treatment centers.)

• View a table by county of Mississippi COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities PDF

Mississippi Cases and Deaths Tables

• Mississippi COVID-19 cases by county, race and ethnicity PDF
• Mississippi COVID-19 deaths by county, race and ethnicity PDF
• Mississippi counties ranked by weekly cases and incidence

Mississippi COVID-19 Map and Charts

Data Overviews as of May 19

Our state case map and other data charts are also available in interactive form.

• View interactive map
• View interactive epidemiological trend and syndromic surveillance
• View interactive hospitalization chart

The charts below are based on available data at the time of publication. Charts do not include cases where insufficient details of the case are known.