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MSDH: 10 new deaths reported from coronavirus

The state agency released its latest numbers Tuesday morning.

Posted: Apr 28, 2020 11:57 AM

Updated: Apr 29, 2020 11:35 AM

Posted By: Melvin Carlock

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports 10 more people died from the coronavirus in its latest numbers released Tuesday morning.

The state health agency now reports 239 deaths since March 11.

The total number of cases grew by 248 to 6,342.

MSDH says 721 cases were reported in long-term care facilities.

The new numbers show a slight increase just one day after state leaders say the number of cases seemed to be trending downward.

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has a news conference scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday to provide the latest updates.

You can watch it on ABC WTVA, on WTVA.com and the WTVA 9 News mobile app.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Confirmed Cases: 37542

Reported Deaths: 1272

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Hinds	3102	58
DeSoto	2050	20
Madison	1560	39
Jones	1254	50
Harrison	1231	16
Rankin	1173	20
Forrest	1071	43
Neshoba	1050	77
Lauderdale	975	81
Scott	837	15
Jackson	809	19
Washington	782	14
Copiah	690	16
Leake	651	20
Lee	640	23
Grenada	634	12
Oktibbeha	632	28
Lamar	612	7
Warren	612	22
Holmes	608	42
Wayne	575	19
Yazoo	574	7
Leflore	569	56
Lowndes	553	17
Lincoln	541	36
Pike	528	21
Lafayette	527	4
Sunflower	526	9
Monroe	472	39
Panola	469	6
Covington	466	5
Simpson	461	3
Bolivar	428	18
Tate	418	13
Attala	390	24
Pontotoc	390	6
Adams	388	20
Newton	379	10
Marion	356	12
Claiborne	318	11
Pearl River	317	32
Marshall	307	4
Winston	305	13
Chickasaw	304	19
Jasper	295	6
Walthall	289	9
Noxubee	281	9
Clay	268	11
Smith	261	12
Union	258	11
Coahoma	237	6
Clarke	234	25
Lawrence	218	2
Yalobusha	208	9
Tallahatchie	206	4
Montgomery	190	3
Carroll	189	11
Kemper	184	14
Humphreys	178	10
Calhoun	176	5
Hancock	158	13
Itawamba	152	8
Tippah	151	11
Jefferson	135	3
Webster	135	11
George	131	3
Jefferson Davis	129	4
Prentiss	129	4
Tunica	127	3
Amite	118	3
Greene	118	10
Alcorn	113	2
Tishomingo	111	1
Quitman	104	1
Wilkinson	104	9
Perry	95	4
Stone	80	2
Choctaw	76	4
Franklin	58	2
Sharkey	52	0
Benton	49	0
Issaquena	11	1
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Confirmed Cases: 58225

Reported Deaths: 1183

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Jefferson	7186	174
Mobile	5206	147
Montgomery	4690	114
Tuscaloosa	2777	54
Madison	2729	9
Marshall	2090	12
Shelby	1820	26
Lee	1716	37
Morgan	1429	6
Baldwin	1396	11
Walker	1126	35
DeKalb	1118	7
Etowah	1104	14
Elmore	1101	24
Dallas	1028	10
Franklin	960	16
Unassigned	814	28
Russell	734	0
Autauga	733	17
Chambers	693	32
Limestone	691	4
Cullman	689	6
Houston	658	7
Butler	656	31
St. Clair	646	3
Tallapoosa	646	69
Lauderdale	633	7
Colbert	582	6
Calhoun	577	6
Escambia	522	8
Lowndes	497	23
Pike	491	5
Jackson	472	2
Coffee	453	4
Covington	439	13
Talladega	433	7
Dale	414	2
Barbour	413	3
Bullock	380	10
Hale	367	23
Marengo	364	11
Chilton	356	3
Blount	344	1
Marion	332	14
Clarke	329	6
Wilcox	325	8
Winston	315	7
Sumter	304	13
Pickens	280	6
Randolph	279	10
Monroe	277	3
Perry	263	2
Conecuh	247	8
Bibb	232	2
Macon	227	9
Choctaw	221	12
Greene	201	9
Henry	161	3
Washington	158	8
Lawrence	151	0
Crenshaw	140	3
Cherokee	135	7
Geneva	106	0
Lamar	95	1
Clay	92	2
Fayette	90	2
Coosa	69	1
Cleburne	53	1
Out of AL	0	0