Number of COVID-19 cases drop after a late-week spike
The Department of Health says there are 251 new cases and 5 new deaths statewide on Sunday, a drop in numbers from last week that were double that at week’s end.
The state now has a total of 15,752 cases and 739 deaths because of the virus.
The Health Department also reported that as of May 31, there were 11,203 cases presumed to have recovered from the virus.
Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties saw a small increase in cases Sunday.
There are a total of 5 new cases in South Mississippi on Sunday.
The county totals are:
- George — 25 (0 new)
- Hancock — 91 (0 new)
- Harrison — 261 (3 new)
- Jackson — 308 (0 new)
- Pearl River — 209 (0 new)
- Stone — 30 (0 new)
Hinds County, which as the most reported cases in the state, tops 1,000 with 1,028 cases 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 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amite | 64 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Attala | 298 | 17 | 80 | 14 |
| Benton | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bolivar | 165 | 11 | 17 | 4 |
| Calhoun | 65 | 4 | 23 | 4 |
| Carroll | 117 | 11 | 46 | 9 |
| Chickasaw | 137 | 12 | 34 | 8 |
| Choctaw | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Claiborne | 110 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Clarke | 148 | 19 | 19 | 8 |
| Clay | 114 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Coahoma | 125 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Copiah | 313 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Covington | 173 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Desoto | 550 | 7 | 19 | 2 |
| Forrest | 583 | 38 | 88 | 27 |
| Franklin | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| George | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greene | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grenada | 95 | 3 | 14 | 2 |
| Hancock | 91 | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Harrison | 261 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Hinds | 1028 | 26 | 81 | 13 |
| Holmes | 434 | 28 | 84 | 14 |
| Humphreys | 59 | 7 | 16 | 5 |
| Itawamba | 88 | 7 | 34 | 6 |
| Jackson | 307 | 13 | 40 | 4 |
| Jasper | 163 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson Davis | 77 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Jones | 652 | 28 | 91 | 15 |
| Kemper | 145 | 11 | 32 | 7 |
| Lafayette | 137 | 4 | 38 | 1 |
| Lamar | 239 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Lauderdale | 741 | 62 | 195 | 41 |
| Lawrence | 106 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Leake | 431 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| Lee | 154 | 6 | 21 | 1 |
| Leflore | 265 | 32 | 90 | 19 |
| Lincoln | 266 | 29 | 86 | 22 |
| Lowndes | 219 | 9 | 19 | 5 |
| Madison | 742 | 23 | 101 | 12 |
| Marion | 117 | 9 | 15 | 2 |
| Marshall | 81 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Monroe | 261 | 25 | 92 | 22 |
| Montgomery | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Neshoba | 671 | 39 | 69 | 21 |
| Newton | 278 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Noxubee | 187 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| Oktibbeha | 243 | 14 | 47 | 10 |
| Panola | 71 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pearl River | 209 | 31 | 45 | 11 |
| Perry | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pike | 203 | 11 | 15 | 6 |
| Pontotoc | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Prentiss | 56 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
| Quitman | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rankin | 446 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| Scott | 648 | 12 | 13 | 2 |
| Sharkey | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simpson | 100 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Smith | 152 | 11 | 41 | 7 |
| Stone | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunflower | 85 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tallahatchie | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tate | 95 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tippah | 73 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Tishomingo | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tunica | 55 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Union | 84 | 5 | 20 | 4 |
| Walthall | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren | 175 | 10 | 37 | 7 |
| Washington | 191 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Wayne | 210 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Webster | 68 | 2 | 18 | 1 |
| Wilkinson | 85 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Winston | 120 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yalobusha | 94 | 5 | 27 | 5 |
| Yazoo | 283 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| Total | 15,752 | 739 | 1,896 | 374 |
