The Latest: Mississippi reports second high day of new coronavirus cases; see county-by-county case counts
Published 11:57 am Friday, May 15, 2020
For the second day in a row, Mississippi reported higher-than-average numbers of new COVID-19 coronavirus cases Friday.
The Mississippi State Department of Health reported an additional 318 new cases have been confirmed in the last 24 hours bringing the total cases to 10,801. The state believes approximately 62 percent of the patients found to have coronavirus have recovered.
The state announced Friday morning 13 new deaths were attributed to the virus bringing the total death toll to 493. Two of the deaths reported Friday actually occurred earlier, but the reporting was delayed.
The state reported that 231 deaths were of residents of long-term care facilities or approximately 47 percent of all deaths in the state.
The seven-day average of new cases reported decreased with Friday’s data to 244 cases per day.
Here are the county by county numbers:
| County | Total Cases | Total Deaths | Total LTC Facility Cases | Total LTC Facility Deaths |
| Adams | 166 | 15 | 39 | 8 |
| Alcorn | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amite | 41 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Attala | 224 | 5 | 64 | 5 |
| Benton | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bolivar | 127 | 10 | 16 | 4 |
| Calhoun | 58 | 4 | 23 | 4 |
| Carroll | 109 | 4 | 45 | 3 |
| Chickasaw | 114 | 11 | 32 | 7 |
| Choctaw | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Claiborne | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarke | 97 | 11 | 14 | 5 |
| Clay | 78 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Coahoma | 75 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Copiah | 190 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Covington | 104 | 0 * | 1 | 0 |
| DeSoto | 369 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Forrest | 380 | 26 | 69 | 14 |
| Franklin | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| George | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greene | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grenada | 58 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| Hancock | 78 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| Harrison | 214 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Hinds | 745 | 20 | 70 | 12 |
| Holmes | 278 | 19 | 51 | 9 |
| Humphreys | 42 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| Itawamba | 75 | 7 | 33 | 6 |
| Jackson | 283 | 13 | 39 | 4 |
| Jasper | 110 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson Davis | 67 | 2 * | 3 | 1 |
| Jones | 304 | 7 | 39 | 2 |
| Kemper | 100 | 7 | 23 | 4 |
| Lafayette | 107 | 3 | 37 | 0 |
| Lamar | 166 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Lauderdale | 566 | 45 | 135 | 27 |
| Lawrence | 74 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Leake | 351 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Lee | 85 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Leflore | 199 | 22 | 51 | 11 |
| Lincoln | 197 | 17 | 67 | 13 |
| Lowndes | 108 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| Madison | 507 | 17 | 67 | 11 |
| Marion | 86 | 7 | 14 | 2 |
| Marshall | 65 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Monroe | 215 | 23 | 92 | 20 |
| Montgomery | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Neshoba | 369 | 19 | 46 | 9 |
| Newton | 172 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Noxubee | 132 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Oktibbeha | 99 | 6 | 28 | 4 |
| Panola | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pearl River | 195 | 26 | 42 | 8 |
| Perry | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pike | 174 | 10 | 14 | 5 |
| Pontotoc | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Prentiss | 36 | 2 | 22 | 2 |
| Quitman | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rankin | 276 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Scott | 504 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| Sharkey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simpson | 75 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Smith | 109 | 7 | 27 | 4 |
| Stone | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunflower | 69 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tallahatchie | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tate | 55 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tippah | 67 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Tishomingo | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tunica | 44 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Union | 59 | 4 | 18 | 3 |
| Walthall | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren | 129 | 4 | 33 | 2 |
| Washington | 100 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Wayne | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Webster | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilkinson | 78 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Winston | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yalobusha | 66 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Yazoo | 180 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 10,801 | 493 | 1,416 | 231 |
* Note: One death that was previously reported from Covington County has been corrected to Jefferson Davis County.
For more detailed graphics on Mississippi’s coronavirus statistics, please visit:
https://www.magnoliastatelive.com/video-mississippis-coronavirus-case-by-the-numbers/
