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Adams County recorded another COVID-19 death, bringing the county’s death toll to 32, in Monday’s report from the Mississippi State Department of Health.

Monday’s report showed one new confirmed COVID-19 case in the county bringing Adams County’s total caseload to 791 since the pandemic began in March.

Mississippi recorded 274 confirmed cases in Monday’s MSDH report and 32 new deaths statewide, bringing the state’s total confirmed cases to 82,950 and 2,473 deaths.

Presumed recovered cases are at 67,918.

Year-to-date Positivity rate for Adams County is 21% and has been 20% throughout August, said Norma Williams, who compiles statistics for the Adams County Emergency Management Agency.

“Just a reminder that our positivity rate is understated as the denominator (total tested) may include people tested, who do not live in Adams County,” Williams said. “Keep in mind before loosening restrictions, CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommends the positivity rate should be below 5% and WHO (The World Health Organization) recommends positivity rates below 5% for 14 days straight.”

According to Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center, Mississippi’s seven-day rolling average positivity rate on Aug. 29 is 13.6%, which is lower than the Aug. 22 rate of 39.8%, Williams said.

“The improved JHU’s seven-day RA positivity rate for Mississippi is largely attributed to No. 1: continued increases in testing, No. 2: reduced assumptions by JHU and No. 3: a very slight reduction in new cases.”

Over the past seven days, Aug. 23– Aug. 29, MSDH 6 p.m. reporting, Adams County had an additional 59 new cases bringing the county’s total to 790 or an 8% increase compared to the prior week of 9%.

“At this pace, Adams County will exceed 800 cases within the week,” Williams said.

MSDH new weekly school report between Aug. 17 and Aug. 21, shows Adams County reported 1 student testing positive for Covid-19 and another 12 students quarantined; however, those 12 are not affiliated with the COVID-19 positive student and no teachers quarantined.

“We anticipate this number to increase with in-person classes and extra-curricular activities especially since Cathedral started Aug. 10, ACCS started Aug. 17 and the Natchez Adams School District starts on Sept. 8,” Williams said. “Over the past seven days, Aug. 23-Aug. 29, Adams County had an additional three new deaths or an 11% increase over the prior week bringing the total to 31 deaths with the case fatality rate holding at 4%.”

Adams County’s single day peak of 25 new cases is still holding for Aug. 22.

 

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	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	791	32	46	12
Alcorn	630	6	17	1
Amite	275	7	14	2
Attala	583	25	90	20
Benton	193	1	2	0
Bolivar	1492	49	77	13
Calhoun	470	10	23	4
Carroll	292	12	45	9
Chickasaw	592	22	43	12
Choctaw	155	4	0	0
Claiborne	440	16	43	9
Clarke	462	30	31	9
Clay	473	15	3	1
Coahoma	984	19	77	2
Copiah	1095	31	30	4
Covington	718	17	9	4
De Soto	4624	44	49	9
Forrest	2128	62	121	35
Franklin	175	3	3	1
George	685	13	5	2
Greene	295	14	35	6
Grenada	947	32	88	17
Hancock	495	20	8	4
Harrison	3300	57	149	18
Hinds	6531	140	360	59
Holmes	1041	54	98	20
Humphreys	336	14	20	6
Issaquena	97	3	0	0
Itawamba	557	17	51	9
Jackson	3005	60	74	7
Jasper	481	13	1	0
Jefferson	221	9	8	2
Jefferson Davis	303	9	3	1
Jones	2159	72	174	35
Kemper	270	15	38	9
Lafayette	1436	35	121	25
Lamar	1437	29	10	5
Lauderdale	1756	106	213	58
Lawrence	402	10	18	1
Leake	878	31	4	0
Lee	2177	56	146	28
Leflore	1235	75	185	45
Lincoln	971	51	129	30
Lowndes	1285	54	92	29
Madison	2971	83	230	41
Marion	781	26	48	6
Marshall	945	12	27	5
Monroe	1037	59	148	44
Montgomery	410	17	25	7
Neshoba	1430	100	109	37
Newton	665	17	14	4
Noxubee	519	14	17	4
Oktibbeha	1439	46	185	29
Panola	1294	23	13	2
Pearl River	751	48	66	19
Perry	294	9	0	0
Pike	1132	45	74	19
Pontotoc	1059	12	6	1
Prentiss	624	13	46	3
Quitman	322	3	0	0
Rankin	2850	63	131	17
Scott	1093	22	15	3
Sharkey	251	8	42	7
Simpson	938	39	100	20
Smith	467	13	54	8
Stone	316	10	28	3
Sunflower	1260	39	50	10
Tallahatchie	630	13	9	2
Tate	856	32	32	12
Tippah	548	15	2	0
Tishomingo	556	29	93	21
Tunica	450	12	12	2
Union	881	23	41	11
Walthall	564	24	67	13
Warren	1314	46	109	22
Washington	1989	61	82	20
Wayne	847	21	58	10
Webster	304	13	52	11
Wilkinson	277	17	8	4
Winston	695	19	40	11
Yalobusha	365	12	35	7
Yazoo	954	21	29	4
Total	82,950	2,473	4,850	1,002