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Warren County adds six new COVID-19 cases; state sees rise of 284 cases and 12 deaths

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Mississippi continues to see large increases in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting Saturday that the number of new COVID-19 cases is 284, bringing the total of cases to 5,718. As of 6 p.m. Friday, April 24

Twelve Mississippians died of the virus yesterday, bringing the number of deaths in the state to 221.

MSDH reports six additional confirmed cases in Warren County, bringing the number of cases to 45. The county’s death toll stands at two.

MSDH has changed the way it is reporting outbreaks in long-term care facilities, now showing the number of individual cases in the facilities (599, up 39 since yesterday) in its chart, instead of the number of facilities under investigation. The number of facilities under investigation is 79, an increase of five since yesterday. Even one case is a long-term care facility is considered an outbreak because of the ages and poor health of many residents.

Neighboring Hinds County, still the state’s virus epicenter, is reporting 412 cases today, an increase of 11 since yesterday, and seven deaths, an increase of one. Eleven cases in long-term care facilities are under investigation in Hinds County, an increase of one since yesterday.

In other neighboring counties, Claiborne reports 18 cases, an increase of five, and Sharkey reports four cases, unchanged since yesterday. Neither Claiborne nor Sharkey has any reported deaths from the virus. Yazoo County reports 120 cases, up three since yesterday and one death. Issaquena County remains the only county in the state without any reported cases.

MSDH reports new statistics on the COVID-19 coronavirus each morning based on the previous day’s testing and death reports.

Cases and deaths from the virus are heavily skewed toward African Americans, and MSDH is reporting racial breakdowns of each county’s statistics, available on its website. As of today, 52.1% of cases (2,978) and 60.2% of COVID-19 deaths (133) in Mississippi were among African Americans.

Almost all of the COVID-19 deaths in Mississippi occurred among people with underlying health conditions, including obesity, lung disease and diabetes. The health of African Americans is contributing to their higher rate of death from COVID-19.

All age groups have been affected by the disease, including children under 18, with 167 cases, up eight since yesterday. As of Friday, MSDH reports 10 cases in infants less than one year old, up two since yesterday. No deaths among juveniles have been reported in Mississippi.

Deaths and hospitalizations from the virus occur most frequently among those 60 and older. As of Monday, 635 of Mississippi’s 998 hospitalizations, or 63.6%, were among people over 60, and 89.6% of the state’s deaths (198) have been people over 60.

Total hospitalizations continue to rise, although the number of patients in intensive care units and on ventilators has been fairly flat.

Source: MSDH

The rate of hospitalizations for those diagnosed with COVID-19 continues to drop and is now below the national average. From a high of more than 30%, the rate stands at 19.9% as of Saturday. The national average for hospitalizations has seen a steady rise and now stands at 29.2 per 100,000 for the week ending April 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; however, the rate skyrockets to 95.5 per 100,000 for those 65 and older.

The number of people tested in Mississippi as of April 24 was 58,957, with 47,561 tests performed by private labs. The number of tests completed by the MSDH Public Health Laboratory through April 24 is 11,396, with 1,353 positive results, a rate of 11.9%.

Anyone with symptoms of fever, severe cough or severe chest pains – especially those who are older or in poor health – should arrange for testing with their doctor or one of the many health-care providers now performing testing. Healthcare providers can assess your health history and symptoms and perform testing for COVID-19 as needed. MSDH is also helping conduct free drive-up testing sites in many parts of the state. Always call ahead to the testing provider for instructions on safely being examined before you visit for your test.

Find a COVID-19 testing provider near you

For more information, visit the MSDH website or call the hotline at 877-978-6453, available 24/7.

Mississippi COVID-19 cases, deaths and cases in long-term care facilities to date:

CountyTotal CasesTotal DeathsTotal Cases in LTC Facilities
Adams109717
Alcorn900
Amite2301
Attala80014
Benton900
Bolivar94713
Calhoun48322
Carroll1510
Chickasaw56416
Choctaw1310
Claiborne1800
Clarke4439
Clay3220
Coahoma5421
Copiah6811
Covington4500
Desoto26341
Forrest181716
Franklin1610
George1110
Greene410
Grenada27014
Hancock5957
Harrison15861
Hinds412711
Holmes100524
Humphreys1431
Itawamba33113
Jackson237638
Jasper3210
Jefferson800
Jefferson Davis2210
Jones11609
Kemper4001
Lafayette87331
Lamar8520
Lauderdale2841967
Lawrence3001
Leake14910
Lee7254
Leflore1311527
Lincoln136845
Lowndes4122
Madison186510
Marion57513
Marshall4120
Monroe123949
Montgomery1810
Neshoba11921
Newton5801
Noxubee4501
Oktibbeha4636
Panola3620
Pearl River1481428
Perry2510
Pike13358
Pontotoc1821
Prentiss29118
Quitman1400
Rankin16255
Scott24008
Sharkey400
Simpson3802
Smith58318
Stone2200
Sunflower5120
Tallahatchie1110
Tate3801
Tippah5170
Tishomingo700
Tunica34112
Union1411
Walthall2700
Warren4520
Washington7734
Wayne1900
Webster1610
Wilkinson6875
Winston3800
Yalobusha1700
Yazoo12010
Total5,718221599

 

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