Warren County adds another nine new COVID-19 cases Tuesday

Tuesday, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported another nine new COVID-19 cases in Warren County, bringing the cumulative number of cases in the county to 223.

The county’s death toll of 12 includes eight residents of long-term care facilities.

MSDH began reporting the names of long-term care facilities with active COVID-19 outbreaks across the state last week, saying it would update those statistics on a daily basis. No updates have been provided since June 2.

In Warren County, the facilities, along with cases and deaths as of June 2 are:

• Heritage House Nursing Center: employee cases 14; resident cases 38; resident deaths 7
• Shady Lawn Health and Rehabilitation: employee cases 1; resident cases 0; resident deaths 0
• The Bluffs Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center; employee cases 2; resident cases 0; resident deaths 0

Statewide, MSDH reports a record 341 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the total cumulative confirmed cases in Mississippi to 18,109.

MSDH also reports Tuesday that 10 additional Mississippians died of COVID-19 statewide, bringing the number of deaths in the state to 847.

The state’s mortality rate for the virus is about 4.7%.

COVID-19 deaths are reported in the following counties Tuesday:

One confirmed COVID-19 related death May 16 was identified from a death certificate report. The additional death was reported in Lauderdale County.

Deaths and new cases were reported as of 6 p.m. Monday, June 8. MSDH reports new statistics on the COVID-19 coronavirus each day based on the previous day’s testing and death reports.

MSDH has estimated the number of people who can be presumed recovered from COVID-19 in Mississippi. That number is 13,356 through Sunday, June 7. This figure is updated weekly. It represents about 73.6% of the cumulative 18,109 cases reported as of Tuesday, June 8.

Based on the number of cases reported Tuesday, June 19, in Warren County (135), the estimated number of people presumed recovered is 123, or about 55.2%, with 90 active cases.

These estimates are based on MSDH’s guidelines for calculating estimated recoveries when hospitalizations are not known, using the number of cases 21 days ago, less known outcomes (deaths).

As of Tuesday, 444 Mississippians are hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19, a sharp uptick from 358 reported just two days ago. Another 227 patients are hospitalized with suspected infections. Of those hospitalized with confirmed infections, 171 are critically ill and in intensive care units and 100 are on ventilators.

Source: MSDH

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