By WLBT Digital | March 13, 2020 at 11:42 AM CDT – Updated April 4 at 10:19 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The number of presumed positive coronavirus cases in Mississippi is now at 1,455.
The Mississippi Department of Health confirmed 97 new cases and 6 new deaths on Saturday morning. So far, 35 people have died from COVID-19 in Mississippi.
The amount of people tested at MSDH Public Health Laboratory is 5,685 as of Friday evening.
There’s an outbreak reported in 30 long-term care facilities in the state. This includes these counties: Adams, Amite, Bolivar, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Forrest, Hancock (2), Harrison, Hinds (2), Jackson, Lauderdale (3), Leflore, Lincoln, Madison (2), Marion, Monroe, Newton, Oktibbeha, Pearl River, Prentiss, Smith, Tunica, Union, Warren, and Wilkinson.
MSDH stated they will no longer be reporting the total number of people tested for the coronavirus. The number now only includes people tested at MPHL.
MSDH stated, “Since many COVID-19 tests are now being done by private providers, we’re no longer reporting the number tested only in the MSDH Public Health Laboratory. State laboratory numbers alone do not provide an accurate picture of testing statewide.”
The number of cases per county are:
- Adams – 16
- Alcorn – 6
- Amite – 6; 1 death
- Attala – 14
- Benton – 5
- Bolivar – 34; 1 death
- Calhoun – 4
- Carroll – 5
- Chickasaw – 15; 2 deaths
- Choctaw – 8
- Claibourne – 1
- Clarke – 5
- Clay – 7
- Coahoma – 27; 1 death
- Copiah – 12
- Covington – 4
- DeSoto – 118; 1 death
- Forrest – 34
- Franklin – 4
- George – 4
- Grenada – 4
- Hancock – 30; 1 death
- Harrison – 70; 3 deaths
- Hinds – 140
- Holmes – 17; 1 death
- Humphreys – 4; 1 death
- Itawamba – 3
- Jackson – 79; 1 death
- Jasper – 3
- Jefferson – 2
- Jones – 9
- Kemper -4
- Lafayette – 21; 1 death
- Lamar – 13
- Lauderdale – 61; 1 death
- Lawrence – 4
- Leake – 8
- Lee – 28; 1 death
- Leflore – 22; 1 death
- Lincoln – 14
- Lowndes – 13
- Madison – 67
- Marion – 6
- Marshall – 20; 1 death
- Monroe – 12; 1 death
- Montgomery – 10; 1 death
- Neshoba – 6
- Newton – 6
- Noxubee – 5
- Oktibbeha – 24
- Panola – 10; 1 death
- Pearl River – 43; 1 death
- Perry – 13; 1 death
- Pike – 23
- Pontotoc – 12; 1 death
- Prentiss – 9
- Quitman – 5
- Rankin – 66; 1 death
- Scott – 17
- Sharkey – 2
- Simpson – 5
- Smith – 6
- Sunflower – 18; 1 death
- Tallahatchie – 2
- Tate – 14
- Tippah – 31; 3 deaths
- Tishomingo – 1
- Tunica – 15; 1 death
- Union – 6
- Walthall – 12
- Warren – 3
- Washington – 31
- Wayne – 2
- Webster – 11; 1 death
- Wilkinson – 25; 3 deaths
- Winston – 11
- Yalobusha – 9
- Yazoo – 19; 1 death
Thirty-one percent of those who tested positive have been hospitalized, as of March 31.
A fifth death was reported in Tunica County on March 25. It was a female around 75-80 who died in a long-term care facility.
Mississippi Department of Health has a hotline open 24 hours, 7 days a week for any coronavirus-related questions: 877-978-6453.
The list of facilities that will be testing starting on Monday, March 23rd, is as follows:
Forrest General Hospital – Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg Clinic – Hattiesburg
Gulfport Memorial Hospital – Gulfport
St. Dominic Hospital – Jackson
Itawamba/Med Plus Urgent Care – Fulton
Lee/Med Plus Urgent Care – Tupelo
Memorial Drinkwater Internal Medicine Walk-In Clinic – Bay St. Louis
Memorial Long Beach Walk-In Clinic – Long Beach
Memorial Physician Walk-In Clinics – Walmart – Biloxi
Memorial Primary Care Cedar Lake – Biloxi
Memorial Stone County Medical Center – Wiggins
Memorial Surgery Center of Ocean Springs – Ocean Springs
Neshoba General Hospital – Philadelphia
North Mississippi Medical Center – Tupelo
Singing River Health System Clinics – Ocean Springs
Singing River Health System Clinics – Pascagoula
Singing River Health System Clinics – Hurley
Singing River Health System Clinics – Vancleave
Singing River Health System Clinics – Woolmarket
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