BREAKING: Mississippi breaks another new daily coronavirus case record, deaths continue to climb
Published 12:24 pm Friday, May 29, 2020
Mississippi recorded the highest number of new daily cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus Friday as the state released the latest statistics.
In addition, both the 7-day and 14-day daily averages of new cases climbed to new records as well.
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported an additional 418 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours bringing the total cases to 14,790.
The state announced Friday morning 17 new deaths were attributed to the virus bringing the total death toll to 710.
Mississippi’s 7-day average of new cases increased to 309 per day, an all-time high. The 14-day average of daily new cases also rose Friday hitting 285 cases per day, also a new high.
The state reported that 358 deaths were of residents of long-term care facilities or approximately 50 percent of all deaths in the state.
Here are the county by county numbers:
| County | Total Cases | Total Deaths | Total LTC Facility Cases | Total LTC Facility Deaths |
| Adams | 192 | 15 | 43 | 8 |
| Alcorn | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amite | 59 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Attala | 287 | 15 | 79 | 14 |
| Benton | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bolivar | 156 | 11 | 17 | 4 |
| Calhoun | 63 | 4 | 23 | 4 |
| Carroll | 118 | 11 | 46 | 9 |
| Chickasaw | 132 | 12 | 34 | 8 |
| Choctaw | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Claiborne | 72 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Clarke | 139 | 18 | 17 | 7 |
| Clay | 111 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Coahoma | 120 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Copiah | 298 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Covington | 159 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Desoto | 520 | 7 | 19 | 2 |
| Forrest | 534 | 38 | 87 | 27 |
| Franklin | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| George | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greene | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grenada | 88 | 3 | 14 | 2 |
| Hancock | 87 | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Harrison | 251 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Hinds | 971 | 25 | 80 | 13 |
| Holmes | 389 | 24 | 80 | 12 |
| Humphreys | 59 | 7 | 16 | 5 |
| Itawamba | 85 | 7 | 33 | 6 |
| Jackson | 302 | 13 | 40 | 4 |
| Jasper | 152 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson Davis | 77 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Jones | 576 | 25 | 81 | 13 |
| Kemper | 144 | 11 | 32 | 7 |
| Lafayette | 130 | 4 | 38 | 1 |
| Lamar | 235 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Lauderdale | 730 | 59 | 190 | 38 |
| Lawrence | 102 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Leake | 409 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Lee | 139 | 6 | 18 | 1 |
| Leflore | 255 | 30 | 84 | 17 |
| Lincoln | 250 | 27 | 86 | 21 |
| Lowndes | 200 | 9 | 19 | 5 |
| Madison | 709 | 23 | 101 | 12 |
| Marion | 114 | 9 | 14 | 2 |
| Marshall | 81 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Monroe | 254 | 25 | 92 | 22 |
| Montgomery | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Neshoba | 606 | 38 | 67 | 21 |
| Newton | 263 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Noxubee | 179 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| Oktibbeha | 233 | 11 | 42 | 7 |
| Panola | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pearl River | 207 | 31 | 45 | 11 |
| Perry | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pike | 202 | 11 | 15 | 6 |
| Pontotoc | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Prentiss | 51 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
| Quitman | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rankin | 399 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| Scott | 640 | 11 | 13 | 2 |
| Sharkey | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simpson | 95 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Smith | 148 | 11 | 30 | 7 |
| Stone | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunflower | 79 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tallahatchie | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tate | 81 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tippah | 71 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Tishomingo | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tunica | 53 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Union | 81 | 5 | 20 | 4 |
| Walthall | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren | 163 | 8 | 37 | 6 |
| Washington | 165 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Wayne | 171 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Webster | 64 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Wilkinson | 86 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Winston | 109 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yalobusha | 87 | 5 | 27 | 5 |
| Yazoo | 239 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| Total | 14,790 | 710 | 1,839 | 358 |
For more detailed graphics on Mississippi’s coronavirus statistics, please visit:
https://magnoliastatelive.com/video-mississippis-coronavirus-case-by-the-numbers/
