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NATCHEZ — The Mississippi State Department of Health on Sunday reported 792 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 10 new COVID-19 deaths with 895 patients with confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state’s hospitals.

“Hospitalizations for COVID-19 as well as ICU demand have risen to critical levels,” MSDH tweeted on Saturday. “Mississippians need to step up and take action to control COVID-19 and bring hospitalizations down to ensure availability of care for everyone.”

The MSDH also offered the following advice to Mississippians:

“What You Can Do:

“Social distancing is still critical to stop the spread of COVID-19. Keep plenty of distance between yourself and others.

“Wearing a mask or face covering can sharply reduce the risk of passing COVID-19 on to others.

“Wearing a mask is strongly recommended whenever you are in public places with others around you.

“Most people spreading COVID-19 do not know they are infected.

“Remind others that precautions remain essential, and set an example by your actions.”

Adams County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases rose by one case in Sunday’s report to 408 cases and the county’s death toll rose by one to 22.

Mississippi’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases now stand at 42,638 and 1,355 deaths since the pandemic began March 11.

On Friday, the Adams County Emergency Management Agency reported the county had 66 active cases and on Monday Merit Health Natchez had 10 patients with confirmed COVID-19 cases.

MSDH reports 140 long-term care facilities such as nursing homes in the state now have active outbreaks where an outbreak is defined as one or more cases among residents or staff.

Adams County has a total of 44 long-term care facility cases reported since the outbreak began with 11 confirmed deaths in long-term care facilities.

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.

 

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases for 2020, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information. The data provided below is the most current available.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths
Adams	408	22
Alcorn	148	2
Amite	136	4
Attala	404	23
Benton	77	0
Bolivar	550	18
Calhoun	241	5
Carroll	218	11
Chickasaw	330	19
Choctaw	89	4
Claiborne	336	11
Clarke	250	25
Clay	294	12
Coahoma	410	7
Copiah	731	20
Covington	463	6
Desoto	2347	20
Forrest	1161	45
Franklin	63	2
George	163	3
Greene	154	10
Grenada	695	15
Hancock	190	14
Harrison	1387	18
Hinds	3579	70
Holmes	631	43
Humphreys	203	10
Issaquena	14	1
Itawamba	184	8
Jackson	1081	21
Jasper	287	6
Jefferson	141	3
Jefferson Davis	150	4
Jones	1346	53
Kemper	194	15
Lafayette	586	4
Lamar	772	8
Lauderdale	1075	83
Lawrence	207	2
Leake	677	21
Lee	768	24
Leflore	632	56
Lincoln	593	36
Lowndes	639	17
Madison	1691	44
Marion	398	12
Marshall	375	4
Monroe	511	43
Montgomery	219	3
Neshoba	1074	81
Newton	435	10
Noxubee	306	10
Oktibbeha	688	27 *
Panola	565	6
Pearl River	363	32
Perry	110	5
Pike	582	25
Pontotoc	478	6
Prentiss	178	6
Quitman	123	1
Rankin	1415	22
Scott	873	16
Sharkey	64	0
Simpson	522	5
Smith	301	12
Stone	100	2
Sunflower	633	11
Tallahatchie	290	4
Tate	460	18
Tippah	190	11
Tishomingo	155	1
Tunica	146	3
Union	323	11
Walthall	345	12
Warren	690	22
Washington	953	18
Wayne	622	20
Webster	141	11
Wilkinson	121	11
Winston	348	13
Yalobusha	236	9
Yazoo	610	7
Total	42,638	1,355