COVID-19
Warren County COVID-19 cases continue to climb as statewide death toll tops 800
Friday, the Mississippi State Department of Health reports another three confirmed COVID-19 cases in Warren County, bringing the cumulative number of cases in the county to 199. The county’s death toll of 10 includes seven residents of long-term care facilities.
MSDH began reporting the names of long-term care facilities with active COVID-19 outbreaks across the state Wednesday.
In Warren County, those facilities 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 209 new COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the total cumulative confirmed cases in Mississippi to 16,769.
MSDH also reports nine Mississippians died of COVID-19 statewide, bringing the number of deaths in the state to 803, indicating an approximate overall 4.8% mortality rate.
COVID-19 deaths are reported in the following counties Friday:
County | Deaths reported Friday |
Holmes | 1 |
Lauderdale | 1 |
Leflore | 2 |
Madison | 1 |
Neshoba | 1 |
Washington | 1 |
Webster | 1 |
Yazoo | 1 |
Deaths and new cases were reported as of 6 p.m. Thursday, June 4. MSDH reports new statistics on the COVID-19 coronavirus each morning 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 11,203 through Sunday, May 31. This figure will be updated weekly. It represents about 66.8% of the cumulative 16,769 cases reported as of Friday, June 3.
Based on the number of cases reported Friday, May 15, in Warren County (129), the estimated number of people presumed recovered is 119, or about 60%, and 70 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 Friday, 394 Mississippians are hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19, and another 210 patients are hospitalized with suspected infections. Of those hospitalized with confirmed infections, 149 are critically ill and in intensive care units and 84 are on ventilators.
For additional information, visit the MSDH website.
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