Mississippi’s new coronavirus cases top 700 with 3 new deaths reported in South Mississippi
Mississippi on Saturday reported 751 new cases of coronavirus and 10 new deaths — three of them on the Coast.
The new cases added Saturday by the Mississippi State Department of Health puts the total cases for the state at 110,006 with 3,171 deaths.
South Mississippi had 140 new cases Saturday.
George, Jackson and Pearl River counties each reported 1 additional death Saturday, bringing the total to 273 since the pandemic began. South Mississippi has 12,283 total cases
Total cases in South Mississippi are:
George — 923 (4 new)
Hancock — 765 (26 new)
Harrison — 4,784 (71 new)
Jackson — 4,291 (33 new)
Pearl River — 1.074 (11 new)
Stone — 446 (3 new)
Friday, Oct. 16
Mississippi on Friday reported more than 1,000 new cases of the coronavirus for the second straight day and 9 deaths — two of them on the Coast.
The 1,116 new cases added Friday by the Mississippi State Department of Health put the total cases for the state at 109,255, with 3,160 deaths.
South Mississippi had 217 new cases reported Friday, or 19% of the new cases for the state.
Harrison County, which has the largest population of the six southern counties, also has the most cases with 4,713 and the most deaths with 81.
Harrison and Jackson counties each reported 1 additional death on Friday, bringing the total to 270 deaths since the pandemic began. South Mississippi has 12,143 total cases.
The seven-day average of new cases in South Mississippi rose to 136 on Friday from 120 on Thursday.
The state seven-day average rose to 796 Friday from 760 on Thursday.
The number of people hospitalized in Mississippi with confirmed cases of the coronavirus is 481. The health department reports 138 people in intensive care on Oct. 14, compared to 124 on Oct. 1, and 69 people are on ventilators.
Total cases in South Mississippi counties are:
George — 927 (5 new)
Hancock — 739 (17 new)
Harrison — 4,713 (113 new)
Jackson — 4,258 (65 new)
Pearl River — 1,063 (11 new)
Stone — 443 (6 new)
Thursday, Oct. 15
Mississippi reported 1,322 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest figure since Aug. 19, when 1,348 cases were reported.
It’s also the first time since then that the number of new cases is over 1,000.
The jump is a worrying sign as state health officer Thomas Dobbs has sounded increasingly alarmed in recent days.
“I do think we’re on the front end of something that could be bad,” he said earlier this week.
Hospitalizations are up and six major hospitals, though none in south Mississippi, had no more capacity in their intensive care units, Dobbs said earlier this week.
The state also reported 12 deaths Thursday, including one on the Coast, in Jackson County.
The six counties of South Mississippi reported 192 new cases on Thursday, also high figure relative to the recent past and similar to the triple-digit new-case figures regularly reported in July. Harrison and Jackson counties recorded 79 and 63 respectively.
South Mississippi’s seven-day average rose to 120, the highest since Aug. 11.
Here are the case numbers for each county:
George — 922 (14 new)
Hancock — 722 (16 new)
Harrison — 4,600 (79 new)
Jackson — 4,193 (63 new)
Pearl River —1,052 (16 new)
Stone — 437 (4 new)
Wednesday, Oct. 14
Mississippi’s state health department reported 876 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, pushing the seven-day average to 653.71 — the highest mark since Sept. 4.
The state also reported 25 deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the state’s total for the year to 3,140.
The seven-day average for new cases in the state’s southernmost six counties now stands at 111 after 136 new cases were reported Wednesday. Fifty were reported in Harrison County and 47 in Jackson County.
The highest ever seven-day average was at the end of July with over 1,300 cases for Mississippi and 184 cases for the lower six counties.
Mississippi’s hospitalization numbers continued their steady increase with 507 people hospitalized with confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Oct. 12. On Oct. 3, that figure was 393.
The Oct. 12 number for people hospitalized with suspected cases of the coronavirus was 93. There were 145 people in intensive care.
As of Oct. 11, there were 94,165 Mississippians who were presumed to have recovered from COVID-19.
COVID-19 numbers in South Mississippi
George — 908 (12 new)
Hancock — 706 (5 new)
Harrison — 4,521 (50 new)
Jackson — 4,130 (47 new)
Pearl River —1,036 (13 new)
Stone — 433 (9 new)
Free COVID-19 masks with a built-in face shield are available at health department testing sites for voters who are 65 or older or have chronic illnesses.
Testing sites are:
Wednesday, Oct. 14
- Hancock County — 856 U.S. 90, Bay St. Louis
- Pearl River County — 7547 U.S. 11, North Carriere
Friday, Oct. 16
- Harrison County — 1102 45th Ave., Gulfport, south of Memorial Hospital
- Jackson County — 4600 1st Lt. Eugene Majure Drive, Pascagoula, west of Lowe’s Home Improvement
- Stone County — 1510 W. Central Ave., Wiggins
Monday, Oct. 19
George County — 166 Ratliff St., Lucedale, north of the hospital
Tuesday, Oct. 13
The number of new cases of coronavirus continued to increase Tuesday, with the state’s health department reporting 713 new cases and 14 deaths.
The six southern counties had 148 new cases of COVID-19 and 2 more deaths, one each in Harrison and Hancock counties.
The majority of new cases reported Tuesday in the six southern counties occurred in Harrison and Jackson counties.
The state’s seven-day average number of new cases per day is 609, slightly lower than the seven-day average Monday that was the highest since Sept. 4.
The seven-day average number of cases in the lower six counties is 107, down slightly from yesterday’s two-month high of 115.
South Mississippi had 148 new cases Monday.
Since the pandemic began in March, Mississippi has reported 105,941 cases and 3,115 deaths.
Total cases in South Mississippi since March 11 are:
George — 896 ( 29 new)
Hancock — 701 (5 new)
Harrison — 4,471 (51 new)
Jackson — 4,083 (54 new)
Pearl River —1,023 (7 new)
Stone — 424 (2 new)
Monday, Oct. 12
The state’s health department reported Monday 296 new cases and 0 new deaths.
The seven-day average number of new cases per day in the state is 646, the highest since Sept. 4.
The seven-day average for the lower six counties has been rising for two straight weeks and is now at 115, the highest since Aug. 12. The average had finally dropped below 100 in late August and got as low as 41 in early September, but it’s now rising again.
The six counties of South Mississippi had 58 of the 296 new cases Monday, bringing the total to 11,450 cases and 263 deaths since March 11.
In South Mississippi, 82 or 31% of those deaths were in long-term care facilities. The percentage is higher for the state, where 41% of the total deaths have been in long-term care facilities.
Especially in the smaller counties, a large portion of the deaths have been in LTC facilities. In George County, 6 of the 16 deaths were in LTC. In Stone County, 9 of the 14 total were in LTC. In Pearl River County, 22 of 54 total deaths were in nursing homes and other LTC facilities.
Mississippi has reported 105,228 cases and 3,101 deaths since the pandemic began.
Singing River Medical System in Jackson County has performed 35,549 tests, with 3,810 positive results, or 10.7% positive.
Mississippi has tested 82,451 people through Oct. 11, with 8,988 testing positive, a rate of 10.9%.
Total cases in South Mississippi since March 11 are:
George — 867 (0 new)
Hancock — 696 (8 new)
Harrison — 4,420 (24 new)
Jackson — 4.029 18 (new)
Pearl River —1,016 (7 new)
Stone — 422 (1 new)
Sunday, Oct. 11
Mississippi State Department of Health reports Sunday 294 new cases with 5 deaths, none of them in South Mississippi.
The total statewide stands at 104,932 cases and 3,101 deaths.
South Mississippi had 46 new cases Sunday, pushing the total to 11,329.
Total cases in South Mississippi are:
George —867 (0 new)
Hancock —688 (1 new)
Harrison — 4,396 (26 new)
Jackson — 4,011 (9 new)
Pearl River — 1,009 (8 new)
Stone — 421 (2 new)
This story was originally published October 12, 2020 at 12:06 PM.