Over 250 new COVID cases added in Jackson and George counties, MSDH daily report shows
South Mississippi registered its largest single-day report for new cases of COVID-19 at 349 with George County and Jackson County each reporting over 120 positive results, according to the state health department.
George County, which had 256 for the year after Tuesday’s numbers were released, reported 122 new cases on Wednesday to bring its total to 378.
A week after Jackson County reported a whopping 185 new cases, the county announced another large caseload of 134 to push the county’s total to 1,772.
The previous single-day high for new cases in South Mississippi was 253 on July 22.
Jackson County also had the only death reported in the state’s southernmost six counties on Wednesday, bringing the total to 30 for the year. Fourteen of the county’s deaths have been reported in July.
As a whole, Mississippi reported 1,505 new cases and 20 deaths on Wednesday.
The number of patients hospitalized with confirmed cases of the coronavirus climbed to a new high of 982 in Wednesday’s numbers. There were another 229 with suspected cases who are hospitalized.
The number of patients in intensive care jumped by 10 to 306 and patients on ventilators hit a new high mark of 178 — an increase of 74 over the last three weeks.
There have been 55,804 confirmed cases and 1,563 deaths from COVID-19 in Mississippi.
Total cases by county:
George — 378 (122 new)
Hancock — 298 (7 new)
Harrison — 1,944 (76 new)
Jackson — 1,772 (134 new)
Pearl River — 452 (8 new)
Stone — 134 (2 new)
This story was originally published July 29, 2020 at 1:22 PM.
