Coronavirus case confirmed at nursing home in Starkville

Updated - According to the Starkville Daily News, the case is at a local nursing home.

Posted: Mar 31, 2020 4:23 PM

Updated: Apr 1, 2020 11:06 AM

Posted By: Zac Carlisle

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) - A Starkville nursing home confirmed its first case of the coronavirus Tuesday.

Judy Otts, the administrator at the Carrington Nursing Center in Starkville, confirmed to the Starkville Daily News that one resident had tested positive for COVID-19.

OCH Intensive Care Unit Medical Director Dr. Cameron Huxford said OCH Regional Medical Center was treating another resident for respiratory issues.

OCH Regional Medical Center said in a statement Tuesday afternoon that it did not have any positive cases of COVID-19 admitted to the hospital, saying “We are continuing to test patients at our drive-thru testing site, as well as the ER. Please continue to do your part by staying at home so that we can do ours.”

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Confirmed Cases: 94021

Reported Deaths: 2846

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Hinds	6979	155
DeSoto	5425	55
Harrison	3743	72
Jackson	3399	67
Madison	3212	86
Rankin	3193	75
Lee	2610	67
Jones	2427	78
Forrest	2395	70
Washington	2181	71
Lafayette	2092	39
Lauderdale	2007	124
Bolivar	1795	65
Oktibbeha	1754	50
Lamar	1635	34
Neshoba	1540	103
Panola	1445	27
Sunflower	1421	44
Lowndes	1403	57
Warren	1381	50
Leflore	1370	80
Pontotoc	1236	16
Pike	1213	48
Monroe	1189	65
Scott	1164	25
Copiah	1163	33
Coahoma	1128	27
Holmes	1092	58
Marshall	1076	15
Lincoln	1068	53
Grenada	1062	35
Yazoo	1039	29
Simpson	1014	43
Union	978	24
Tate	955	37
Leake	940	37
Adams	921	36
Wayne	877	21
Pearl River	867	50
Marion	841	33
Prentiss	815	17
Covington	809	22
Alcorn	775	11
Itawamba	770	21
Newton	759	23
Tallahatchie	757	18
George	751	13
Winston	725	19
Tishomingo	661	37
Chickasaw	656	24
Tippah	645	16
Attala	641	25
Walthall	594	25
Clay	581	17
Hancock	564	21
Jasper	555	15
Noxubee	543	15
Clarke	537	39
Smith	524	14
Calhoun	506	12
Tunica	481	13
Montgomery	455	20
Claiborne	452	16
Lawrence	425	12
Yalobusha	418	14
Perry	409	18
Quitman	375	5
Humphreys	373	15
Stone	357	11
Greene	346	17
Webster	331	13
Jefferson Davis	328	11
Carroll	312	12
Amite	311	10
Wilkinson	302	17
Kemper	286	15
Sharkey	263	12
Jefferson	243	9
Benton	220	1
Franklin	189	3
Choctaw	179	5
Issaquena	103	3
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Confirmed Cases: 131988

Reported Deaths: 2304

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Jefferson	19123	337
Mobile	13122	290
Montgomery	8688	173
Madison	7630	75
Tuscaloosa	7323	114
Lee	5751	59
Shelby	5719	50
Baldwin	5087	49
Marshall	3879	43
Calhoun	3374	39
Etowah	3365	47
Morgan	3214	26
Houston	2727	22
Elmore	2558	47
DeKalb	2371	19
St. Clair	2243	35
Walker	2243	80
Talladega	2077	26
Limestone	2001	19
Cullman	1862	18
Dallas	1749	26
Franklin	1745	28
Russell	1731	2
Autauga	1691	24
Lauderdale	1653	33
Colbert	1609	26
Escambia	1564	25
Blount	1560	14
Jackson	1516	11
Chilton	1502	27
Dale	1333	43
Covington	1311	27
Coffee	1283	8
Pike	1161	9
Tallapoosa	1136	83
Chambers	1132	42
Clarke	1055	17
Marion	948	28
Butler	911	38
Barbour	838	7
Winston	716	12
Marengo	701	19
Lowndes	649	27
Pickens	638	14
Bibb	636	10
Randolph	622	12
Hale	615	28
Lawrence	592	20
Bullock	591	14
Geneva	581	4
Monroe	576	8
Cherokee	569	16
Clay	552	7
Washington	549	13
Perry	538	6
Wilcox	531	11
Conecuh	524	11
Crenshaw	523	31
Macon	478	20
Henry	475	4
Fayette	426	9
Sumter	418	19
Lamar	353	2
Choctaw	345	12
Cleburne	332	6
Greene	300	15
Coosa	165	3
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0