The Latest: Mississippi coronavirus deaths hit new daily high, cases second-highest daily record
Published 12:07 pm Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Mississippi reported its highest daily death count since the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic began, with nearly three-dozen deaths reported Tuesday morning.
The number of new cases also remained high with 330 new cases reported Tuesday. That brings the total number of cases to 8,207 cases.
The highest daily cases reported was on Friday when 397 cases were recorded.
Mississippi’s death toll rose by 32 deaths, bringing the total deaths to 342.
Tuesday’s update shattered the past daily reported deaths.
The prior record was 20 deaths set on May 1, but the state reported many of those deaths were from weeks earlier, but delayed due to slow test results.
Tuesday’s death report noted no such disclaimer.
Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said Monday that Mississippians must continue to be vigilant.
“We still have a lot of COVID cases,” Dobbs said. “It’s still out there.”
Dobbs said people need to keep up the precautions in place — social distancing, wearing masks, etc., – to “help us get out of this.”
Dobbs said use of masks in public is a must to limit spread.
“It’s a little bit selfish for folks not not wear a mask,” he said.
The state reported that 125 deaths were of residents of long-term care facilities or 40 percent of all deaths in the state.
On Tuesday the state reported 452 confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized. Another 193 suspected (but not yet confirmed by test) cases were also hospitalized, the state reported.
The state said 162 patients were in ICU beds and 77 required mechanical ventilation.
Here are the county by county numbers:
County | Total Cases | Total Deaths | Total LTC Facility Cases | Total LTC Facility Deaths |
Adams | 151 | 10 | 27 | 4 |
Alcorn | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Amite | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Attala | 137 | 2 | 38 | 2 |
Benton | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bolivar | 112 | 8 | 15 | 2 |
Calhoun | 58 | 4 | 23 | 4 |
Carroll | 111 | 3 | 29 | 2 |
Chickasaw | 80 | 9 | 25 | 6 |
Choctaw | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Claiborne | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clarke | 67 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
Clay | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Coahoma | 70 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Copiah | 126 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Covington | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Desoto | 308 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Forrest | 259 | 14 | 22 | 7 |
Franklin | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
George | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Greene | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Grenada | 36 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
Hancock | 68 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Harrison | 186 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Hinds | 565 | 9 | 16 | 5 |
Holmes | 168 | 10 | 27 | 2 |
Humphreys | 26 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Itawamba | 64 | 6 | 32 | 5 |
Jackson | 270 | 9 | 39 | 1 |
Jasper | 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jefferson | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jefferson Davis | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Jones | 193 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
Kemper | 79 | 3 | 20 | 1 |
Lafayette | 96 | 3 | 36 | 0 |
Lamar | 125 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Lauderdale | 436 | 33 | 104 | 18 |
Lawrence | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Leake | 257 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lee | 75 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Leflore | 175 | 18 | 42 | 8 |
Lincoln | 155 | 12 | 49 | 8 |
Lowndes | 65 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
Madison | 298 | 11 | 40 | 8 |
Marion | 76 | 7 | 14 | 2 |
Marshall | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Monroe | 177 | 16 | 88 | 14 |
Montgomery | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Neshoba | 243 | 10 | 27 | 2 |
Newton | 106 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Noxubee | 92 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
Oktibbeha | 57 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
Panola | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pearl River | 183 | 20 | 41 | 6 |
Perry | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pike | 160 | 9 | 13 | 4 |
Pontotoc | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Prentiss | 33 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
Quitman | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rankin | 221 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Scott | 404 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Sharkey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Simpson | 53 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Smith | 86 | 4 | 23 | 2 |
Stone | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sunflower | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Tallahatchie | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tate | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Tippah | 58 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Tishomingo | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Tunica | 36 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
Union | 36 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
Walthall | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Warren | 88 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Washington | 78 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Wayne | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Webster | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wilkinson | 71 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Winston | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yalobusha | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yazoo | 154 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 8,207 | 342 | 965 | 125 |
For more detailed graphics on Mississippi’s coronavirus statistics, please visit:
https://www.magnoliastatelive.com/video-mississippis-coronavirus-case-by-the-numbers/