MSDH reports 217 new coronavirus cases, 32 deaths

May 6, 2020

The Mississippi Department of Health is reported 217 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday. 43 of the new cases are among residents in long-term care facilities.

The new cases brought the state’s total to 8,424.

In the WCBI viewing area:

Calhoun County
- 57 cases (total)
- 4 deaths (total)
- 23 LTC facility cases
- 4 LTC facility deaths
Chickasaw County
- 83 cases (total)
- 9 deaths (total)
- 25 LTC facility cases
- 6 LTC facility deaths
Choctaw County
- 14 cases (total)
- 2 death (total)
- 0 LTC facility cases
- 0 LTC facility deaths
Clay County
- 58 cases (total)
- 3 deaths (total)
- 0 LTC facility cases
- 0 LTC facility deaths
Itawamba County
- 65 cases (total)
- 6 deaths (total)
- 32 LTC facility cases
- 5 LTC facility deaths
Lafayette County
- 96 cases (total)
- 3 deaths (total)
- 36 LTC facility cases
- 0 LTC facility deaths
Lee County
- 73 cases (total)
- 4 deaths (total)
- 5 LTC facility cases
- 0 LTC facility deaths
Lowndes County
- 64 cases (total)
- 3 deaths (total)
- 7 LTC facility cases
- 2 LTC facility death
Monroe County
- 178 cases (total)
- 20 deaths (total)
- 89 LTC facility cases
- 18 LTC facility deaths
Montgomery County
- 51 cases (total)
- 1 death (total)
- 0 LTC facility cases
- 0 LTC facility deaths
Noxubee County
- 92 cases (total)
- 2 death (total)
- 9 LTC facility cases
- 2 LTC facility deaths
Oktibbeha County
- 59 cases (total)
- 4 deaths (total)
- 11 LTC facility cases
- 3 LTC facility deaths
Pontotoc County
- 22 cases (total)
- 2 deaths (total)
- 4 LTC facility case
- 0 LTC facility deaths
Prentiss County
- 33 cases (total)
- 2 death (total)
- 20 LTC facility cases
- 2 LTC facility death
Tishomingo County
- 8 cases (total)
- 0 deaths (total)
- 1 LTC facility case
- 0 LTC facility deaths
Union County
- 40 cases (total)
- 2 death (total)
- 10 LTC facility cases
- 1 LTC facility deaths
Webster County
- 21 cases (total)
- 1 death (total)
- 0 LTC facility cases
- 0 LTC facility deaths
Winston County
- 53 cases (total)
- 0 deaths (total)
- 0 LTC facility cases
- 0 LTC facility deaths
Yalobusha County
- 23 cases (total)
- 0 deaths (total)
- 0 LTC facility cases
- 0 LTC facility deaths

427 residents are currently hospitalized with COVID-19.

32 new deaths are also being reported today. Five of those deaths were from death certificate investigations. There are now 374 total coronavirus deaths in Mississippi.