MSDH reports 302 new COVID-19 cases, 15 deaths

June 3, 2020

302 new COVID-19 cases were reported Wednesday by the Mississippi Department of Health. Those new cases brought the state’s total coronavirus cases to 16,322.

Over 1,900 of those cases were in long-term care facilities. There are currently 126 active outbreaks in those facilities. An outbreak is considered if there is at least one case among staff or residents.

MSDH announced Tuesday it planned to start releasing the names of long-term care facilities where someone had tested positive.

15 new deaths were also reported Wednesday. Statewide, there have been 782 coronavirus deaths.

The health department estimated about 11,00 people in the state have recovered from the virus.

Mississippi:

Calhoun County
- 67 cases (total)
- 4 deaths (total)
- 23 LTC facility cases
- 4 LTC facility deaths
Chickasaw County
- 140 cases (total)
- 14 deaths (total)
- 34 LTC facility cases
- 9 LTC facility deaths
Choctaw County
- 48 cases (total)
- 2 death (total)
- 0 LTC facility cases
- 0 LTC facility deaths
Clay County
- 118 cases (total)
- 4 deaths (total)
- 0 LTC facility cases
- 0 LTC facility deaths
Itawamba County
- 90 cases (total)
- 7 deaths (total)
- 34 LTC facility cases
- 6 LTC facility deaths
Lafayette County
- 150 cases (total)
- 4 deaths (total)
- 39 LTC facility cases
- 1 LTC facility deaths
Lee County
- 185 cases (total)
- 7 deaths (total)
- 22 LTC facility cases
- 1 LTC facility deaths
Lowndes County
- 241 cases (total)
- 9 deaths (total)
- 19 LTC facility cases
- 5 LTC facility death
Monroe County
- 267 cases (total)
- 25 deaths (total)
- 92 LTC facility cases
- 22 LTC facility deaths
Montgomery County
- 86 cases (total)
- 1 death (total)
- 0 LTC facility cases
- 0 LTC facility deaths
Noxubee County
- 193 cases (total)
- 6 death (total)
- 15 LTC facility cases
- 3 LTC facility deaths
Oktibbeha County
- 267 cases (total)
- 14 deaths (total)
- 74 LTC facility cases
- 11 LTC facility deaths
Pontotoc County
- 45 cases (total)
- 3 deaths (total)
- 3 LTC facility case
- 1 LTC facility deaths
Prentiss County
- 53 cases (total)
- 3 death (total)
- 22 LTC facility cases
- 3 LTC facility deaths
Tishomingo County
- 35 cases (total)
- 0 deaths (total)
- 1 LTC facility case
- 0 LTC facility deaths
Union County
- 86 cases (total)
- 7 death (total)
- 20 LTC facility cases
- 6 LTC facility deaths
Webster County
- 67 cases (total)
- 3 death (total)
- 18 LTC facility cases
- 2 LTC facility deaths
Winston County
- 122 cases (total)
- 1 death (total)
- 0 LTC facility cases
- 0 LTC facility deaths
Yalobusha County
- 97 cases (total)
- 6 death (total)
- 26 LTC facility cases
- 6 LTC facility death