COVID-19 reported cases remain steady, but deaths on the rise
The rate of Mississippians contracting COVID-19 has remained steady, but the Department of Health is seeing a rise in deaths with 28 reported for June 1.
The state reported 268 cases of COVD-19 in the state and 28 deaths — 10 of them gleaned from a check of death certificates from May 6 to May 27. Jones and Lauderdale counties each reported three deaths on Monday.
The state now has a total of 16,020 cases and 767 deaths because of the virus. None of those deaths were in South Mississippi.
The Health Department also reported that as of May 31, there were 11,203 cases presumed to have recovered from the virus.
Only two cases were reported on the Coast on Monday, with six total cases reported in South Mississippi.
The county totals are:
- George — 26 (1 new)
- Hancock — 91 (0 new)
- Harrison — 263 (2 new)
- Jackson — 308 (0 new)
- Pearl River — 211 (2 new)
- Stone — 31 (1 new)
Hinds County, which as the most reported cases in the state, reported 7 new cases for a total of 1,035 reported.
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 | 200 | 15 | 43 | 8 |
| Alcorn | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amite | 64 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Attala | 303 | 18 | 80 | 15 |
| Benton | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bolivar | 165 | 11 | 17 | 4 |
| Calhoun | 67 | 4 | 23 | 4 |
| Carroll | 116 | 11 | 45 | 9 |
| Chickasaw | 137 | 14 | 34 | 9 |
| Choctaw | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Claiborne | 112 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Clarke | 154 | 19 | 19 | 8 |
| Clay | 115 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Coahoma | 127 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Copiah | 315 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Covington | 173 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Desoto | 553 | 8 | 19 | 3 |
| Forrest | 594 | 39 | 89 | 28 |
| Franklin | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| George | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greene | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grenada | 99 | 3 | 14 | 2 |
| Hancock | 91 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| Harrison | 263 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Hinds | 1035 | 26 | 82 | 13 |
| Holmes | 439 | 28 | 84 | 14 |
| Humphreys | 59 | 7 | 16 | 5 |
| Itawamba | 89 | 7 | 34 | 6 |
| Jackson | 308 | 13 | 40 | 4 |
| Jasper | 165 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson Davis | 80 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Jones | 663 | 31 | 94 | 17 |
| Kemper | 147 | 11 | 32 | 7 |
| Lafayette | 141 | 4 | 39 | 1 |
| Lamar | 248 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Lauderdale | 745 | 68 | 200 | 45 |
| Lawrence | 105 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Leake | 447 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| Lee | 165 | 7 | 22 | 1 |
| Leflore | 273 | 34 | 92 | 21 |
| Lincoln | 270 | 29 | 86 | 22 |
| Lowndes | 230 | 9 | 19 | 5 |
| Madison | 745 | 25 | 101 | 14 |
| Marion | 115 | 9 | 15 | 2 |
| Marshall | 81 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Monroe | 265 | 25 | 92 | 22 |
| Montgomery | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Neshoba | 707 | 42 | 70 | 23 |
| Newton | 282 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Noxubee | 191 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| Oktibbeha | 253 | 14 | 72 | 11 |
| Panola | 84 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pearl River | 211 | 31 | 45 | 11 |
| Perry | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pike | 204 | 11 | 15 | 6 |
| Pontotoc | 43 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Prentiss | 51 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
| Quitman | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rankin | 446 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Scott | 661 | 12 | 13 | 2 |
| Sharkey | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simpson | 102 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Smith | 153 | 11 | 42 | 7 |
| Stone | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunflower | 85 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tallahatchie | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tate | 89 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tippah | 76 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Tishomingo | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tunica | 56 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Union | 85 | 7 | 20 | 6 |
| Walthall | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren | 181 | 10 | 37 | 7 |
| Washington | 191 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Wayne | 224 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Webster | 67 | 3 | 18 | 2 |
| Wilkinson | 85 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Winston | 121 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yalobusha | 96 | 6 | 26 | 6 |
| Yazoo | 286 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| Total | 16,020 | 767 | 1,935 | 395 |
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