MSDH reports 255 new coronavirus cases, 10 deaths

The Mississippi Department of Health reported 255 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday. The new cases brought the state’s total to over 12,000 cases. 1,590 of those cases were in long-term care facilities.

10 new deaths are also being reported today. One of those deaths is in Lowndes and Yalobusha counties each. Statewide, there are now 580 coronavirus deaths.

The health department estimates about 78-hundred Mississippians have recovered from the virus.

In the WCBI viewing area:

Mississippi: 

• Calhoun County
  • 61 cases (total)
  • 4 deaths (total)
  • 23 LTC facility cases
  • 4 LTC facility deaths
• Chickasaw County
  • 122 cases (total)
  • 12 deaths (total)
  • 34 LTC facility cases
  • 8 LTC facility deaths
• Choctaw County
  • 27 cases (total)
  • 2 death (total)
  • 0 LTC facility cases
  • 0 LTC facility deaths
• Clay County
  • 90 cases (total)
  • 3 deaths (total)
  • 0 LTC facility cases
  • 0 LTC facility deaths
• Itawamba County
  • 80 cases (total)
  • 7 deaths (total)
  • 34 LTC facility cases
  • 6 LTC facility deaths
• Lafayette County
  • 110 cases (total)
  • 3 deaths (total)
  • 37 LTC facility cases
  • 0 LTC facility deaths
• Lee County
  • 97 cases (total)
  • 5 deaths (total)
  • 8 LTC facility cases
  • 1 LTC facility deaths
• Lowndes County
  • 136 cases (total)
  • 7 deaths (total)
  • 17 LTC facility cases
  • 4 LTC facility death
• Monroe County
  • 229 cases (total)
  • 23 deaths (total)
  • 92 LTC facility cases
  • 20 LTC facility deaths
• Montgomery County
  • 76 cases (total)
  • 1 death (total)
  • 0 LTC facility cases
  • 0 LTC facility deaths
• Noxubee County
  • 148 cases (total)
  • 4 death (total)
  • 14 LTC facility cases
  • 3 LTC facility deaths
• Oktibbeha County
  • 114 cases (total)
  • 8 deaths (total)
  • 29 LTC facility cases
  • 5 LTC facility deaths
• Pontotoc County
  • 26 cases (total)
  • 2 deaths (total)
  • 3 LTC facility case
  • 0 LTC facility deaths
• Prentiss County
  • 37 cases (total)
  • 3 death (total)
  • 22 LTC facility cases
  • 3 LTC facility deaths
• Tishomingo County
  • 21 cases (total)
  • 0 deaths (total)
  • 1 LTC facility case
  • 0 LTC facility deaths
• Union County
  • 66 cases (total)
  • 4 death (total)
  • 19 LTC facility cases
  • 3 LTC facility deaths
• Webster County
  • 25 cases (total)
  • 1 death (total)
  • 0 LTC facility cases
  • 0 LTC facility deaths
• Winston County
  • 92 cases (total)
  • 0 deaths (total)
  • 0 LTC facility cases
  • 0 LTC facility deaths
• Yalobusha County
  • 76 cases (total)
  • 4 death (total)
  • 24 LTC facility cases
  • 4 LTC facility death

Alabama: 

• Lamar County
  • 15 confirmed cases
  • 0 deaths
• Pickens County
  • 86 confirmed cases
  • 4 deaths