Total cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi surpasses 10,000; over 450 deaths reported

May 13, 2020

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(WXXV) — The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 182 new cases of COVID-19 in the state and 8 new deaths as of Tuesday, May 12. Seven of those deaths were from prior weeks identified through death certificate investigation.

Mississippi’s total of COVID-19 cases since March 11 now stands at 10,090, with 465 deaths. The number of Mississippians currently hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 infection has fallen to 437.

Here’s a look at the cases by county in South Mississippi:

Hancock County still has 75 (1 new) cases and ten (0 new) deaths.
Harrison County has 210 (9 new) and six (0 new) deaths.
Stone County has 23 (0 new) cases and no deaths.
George County has 16 (1) and 1 (0 new) death.
Jackson County has 278 (2 new) cases and 13 (0 new) deaths.
Pearl River County now has 190 (0 new) cases and 25 (0 new) deaths.

Meanwhile, Hinds County still has the most cases in the state with 698 (17 new).

28 of the new cases reported today were among residents in long-term care facilities, and there are now 111 active outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities (where an outbreak is one or more cases among residents or staff).

As of May 3, the state reported 6,268 cases of COVID-19 were presumed recovered.

Counties reporting new cases or deaths today:

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	163	15	39	8
Alcorn	11	1	0	0
Amite	38	0	5	0
Attala	206	5	60	5
Benton	14	0	1	0
Bolivar	120	9	16	3
Calhoun	58	4	23	4
Carroll	105	4	45	3
Chickasaw	95	10	25	6
Choctaw	17	2	0	0
Claiborne	41	0	0	0
Clarke	90	9	13	4
Clay	72	3	0	0
Coahoma	72	3	0	0
Copiah	170	1	1	0
Covington	99	1	2	1
Desoto	350	5	2	1
Forrest	336	23	54	12
Franklin	19	1	1	0
George	16	1	0	0
Greene	6	1	0	0
Grenada	55	2	14	2
Hancock	75	10	6	3
Harrison	210	6	1	1
Hinds	698	17	62	10
Holmes	231	19	42	9
Humphreys	39	4	8	2
Itawamba	71	7	33	6
Jackson	278	13	39	4
Jasper	97	3	0	0
Jefferson	32	0	0	0
Jefferson Davis	60	1	2	0
Jones	264	6	32	1
Kemper	99	7	23	4
Lafayette	102	3	36	0
Lamar	158	4	3	2
Lauderdale	523	45	126	27
Lawrence	71	0	1	0
Leake	323	5	0	0
Lee	81	4	5	0
Leflore	192	21	50	11
Lincoln	191	15	67	11
Lowndes	93	4	7	2
Madison	493	15	58	10
Marion	86	7	14	2
Marshall	62	2	1	0
Monroe	203	21	92	19
Montgomery	69	1	0	0
Neshoba	338	16	32	6
Newton	155	1	2	0
Noxubee	117	2	9	2
Oktibbeha	94	6	27	4
Panola	45	2	0	0
Pearl River	190	25	42	7
Perry	35	1	0	0
Pike	173	10	14	5
Pontotoc	24	2	3	0
Prentiss	36	2	22	2
Quitman	18	0	0	0
Rankin	262	6	6	0
Scott	483	6	9	1
Sharkey	5	0	0	0
Simpson	65	0	2	0
Smith	107	7	27	4
Stone	23	0	0	0
Sunflower	64	3	0	0
Tallahatchie	14	1	0	0
Tate	54	0	2	0
Tippah	66	11	0	0
Tishomingo	10	0	1	0
Tunica	40	2	12	2
Union	55	4	16	3
Walthall	42	0	0	0
Warren	123	2	12	0
Washington	87	4	4	1
Wayne	29	0	3	0
Webster	22	1	0	0
Wilkinson	78	9	5	2
Winston	67	0	0	0
Yalobusha	44	0	5	0
Yazoo	171	2	3	0
Total	10,090	465	1,267	212

Statewide Combined Testing Summary as of May 12:

COVID-19 testing providers around the state include commercial laboratories as well as hospital labs. Combined with testing done by the MSDH Public Health Laboratory, the figures provide a complete picture of all Mississippi testing. We will update these figures as data becomes available.