Mississippi Department of Health reports 393 new cases of COVID-19 in the state, 15 new deaths

May 14, 2020

WXXV Staff,

(WXXV) — The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 393 new cases of COVID-19 in the state and 15 new deaths caused by the coronavirus.

Mississippi’s total of COVID-19 cases since March 11 now stands at 10,483, with 480 deaths.

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

Hancock County still has 79 (4 new) cases and ten (0 new) deaths.
Harrison County has 223 (13 new) and six (0 new) deaths.
Stone County has 26 (3 new) cases and no deaths.
George County has 16 (0 new) and 1 (0 new) death.
Jackson County has 280 (2 new) cases and 13 (0 new) deaths.
Pearl River County now has 193 (3 new) cases and 26 (1 new) deaths.

Meanwhile, Hinds County still has the most cases in the state with 717 (19 new).

78 of the new cases reported today were among residents in long-term care facilities, and there are now 114 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 Long- Term Care Facility Cases	Total Long- Term Care Facility Deaths
Adams	164	15	40	8
Alcorn	12	1	0	0
Amite	39	0	5	0
Attala	212	5	60	5
Benton	14	0	1	0
Bolivar	120	10	16	4
Calhoun	58	4	23	4
Carroll	106	4	45	3
Chickasaw	110	10	25	6
Choctaw	18	2	0	0
Claiborne	48	0	0	0
Clarke	97	11	14	5
Clay	75	3	0	0
Coahoma	73	3	0	0
Copiah	191	1	1	0
Covington	101	1	2	1
Desoto	355	5	6	1
Forrest	357	24	69	13
Franklin	19	1	1	0
George	16	1	0	0
Greene	7	1	0	0
Grenada	56	2	14	2
Hancock	79	10	6	3
Harrison	223	6	1	1
Hinds	717	18	62	11
Holmes	262	19	43	9
Humphreys	39	5	10	3
Itawamba	73	7	33	6
Jackson	280	13	39	4
Jasper	104	3	1	0
Jefferson	33	0	0	0
Jefferson Davis	63	1	2	0
Jones	287	7	40	2
Kemper	100	7	23	4
Lafayette	106	3	37	0
Lamar	164	4	3	2
Lauderdale	557	45	135	27
Lawrence	74	0	1	0
Leake	332	5	1	0
Lee	83	4	5	0
Leflore	197	22	50	11
Lincoln	194	16	66	12
Lowndes	100	4	7	2
Madison	502	15	61	10
Marion	86	7	14	2
Marshall	63	2	2	0
Monroe	209	22	92	19
Montgomery	70	1	0	0
Neshoba	354	18	36	9
Newton	161	2	2	0
Noxubee	118	2	9	2
Oktibbeha	97	6	27	4
Panola	46	2	0	0
Pearl River	193	26	42	8
Perry	35	1	0	0
Pike	173	10	14	5
Pontotoc	25	2	3	0
Prentiss	36	2	22	2
Quitman	19	0	0	0
Rankin	271	6	6	0
Scott	487	6	10	1
Sharkey	5	0	0	0
Simpson	72	0	4	0
Smith	107	7	27	4
Stone	26	0	0	0
Sunflower	65	3	0	0
Tallahatchie	15	1	0	0
Tate	55	0	2	0
Tippah	66	11	0	0
Tishomingo	11	0	1	0
Tunica	40	2	12	2
Union	57	4	17	3
Walthall	42	0	0	0
Warren	127	3	15	1
Washington	92	4	4	1
Wayne	32	0	3	0
Webster	22	1	0	0
Wilkinson	78	9	5	2
Winston	70	0	0	0
Yalobusha	65	0	24	0
Yazoo	176	2	4	0
Total	10,483	480	1,345	224

Statewide Combined Testing Summary as of May 13:

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.