The state of Mississippi Department of Health released the latest confirmed cases of COVID19 on Wednesday and the numbers went up.
Mississippi now has 1073 cases of the novel Coronavirus to go along with 22 deaths.
From MSDH:
County
Cases
Deaths
Adams
11
Alcorn
3
Amite
4
1
Attala
11
Benton
4
Bolivar
25
1
Calhoun
3
Carroll
2
Chickasaw
15
Choctaw
7
Claiborne
1
Clarke
5
Clay
5
Coahoma
22
Copiah
9
Covington
3
Desoto
94
1
Forrest
27
Franklin
3
George
4
Grenada
3
Hancock
20
1
Harrison
49
1
Hinds
109
Holmes
16
2
Humphreys
4
1
Itawamba
4
Jackson
52
Jasper
1
Jefferson
1
Jones
6
Kemper
1
Lafayette
15
1
Lamar
6
Lauderdale
39
Lawrence
5
Leake
5
Lee
25
1
Leflore
20
1
Lincoln
13
Lowndes
11
Madison
53
Marion
6
Marshall
15
Monroe
7
Montgomery
8
1
Neshoba
5
Newton
2
Noxubee
3
Oktibbeha
18
Panola
8
1
Pearl River
32
Perry
5
1
Pike
20
Pontotoc
6
Prentiss
4
Quitman
4
Rankin
48
1
Scott
12
Sharkey
2
Simpson
3
Smith
1
Sunflower
12
1
Tallahatchie
2
Tate
11
Tippah
28
2
Tishomingo
1
Tunica
13
1
Union
3
Walthall
7
Warren
2
Washington
22
Webster
7
1
Wilkinson
16
2
Winston
9
Yalobusha
6
Yazoo
9
Total
1,073
22
The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Mississippi State Department of Health continue to closely monitor the outbreak of respiratory illnesses caused by the novel (new) coronavirus COVID-19, and are working to limit the spread of cases nationally and in Mississippi. MSDH is actively working with doctors and hospitals to quickly identify cases and respond effectively to limit this outbreak.
Long-Term Care Facilities
Long-term care facilities like nursing homes are considered high-risk locations because their residents are older or in poor health. Even one case of COVID-19 in these facilities is considered an outbreak.
Outbreaks in long-term care facilities are currently under investigation in the following counties. Investigation includes identifying close contacts of infected individuals for possible exposure.
