MSDH confirms coronavirus case in Lafayette County

Lafayette County has its first case of the coronavirus, the MSDH confirmed.

Posted: Mar 19, 2020 12:28 PM

Updated: Mar 19, 2020 10:53 PM

Posted By: Zac Carlisle

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) confirmed a case of the coronavirus in Lafayette County.

Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill made the announcement on her Facebook page Thursday morning.

Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill made the announcement on her Facebook page.

She made the announcement alongside two doctors who provided information and guidance about the virus. Open this link to watch her announcement on Facebook.

At the time, the MSDH had not included Lafayette County in its online list of cases in Mississippi.

However, the MSDH confirmed with WTVA that a case is in Lafayette County.

This brings the state total to 51 cases, as of noon Thursday.

Open this link to view the number of cases in Mississippi and Alabama.

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Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 312926

Reported Deaths: 7226

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	21474	257
Hinds	20271	414
Harrison	17796	309
Rankin	13561	278
Jackson	13404	246
Madison	10062	217
Lee	9961	173
Jones	8364	163
Forrest	7644	152
Lauderdale	7178	240
Lowndes	6366	144
Lamar	6212	86
Lafayette	6168	118
Washington	5322	133
Bolivar	4796	132
Oktibbeha	4611	98
Panola	4556	105
Pearl River	4494	145
Marshall	4396	103
Warren	4376	121
Pontotoc	4193	72
Monroe	4094	133
Union	4088	76
Neshoba	4024	176
Lincoln	3947	110
Hancock	3770	86
Leflore	3487	125
Sunflower	3357	90
Tate	3323	84
Pike	3294	105
Scott	3152	73
Alcorn	3115	68
Yazoo	3106	69
Itawamba	2993	77
Copiah	2960	65
Simpson	2944	88
Coahoma	2942	79
Tippah	2876	68
Prentiss	2793	60
Marion	2687	80
Adams	2660	82
Leake	2655	73
Wayne	2623	41
Grenada	2601	86
Covington	2563	81
George	2467	48
Newton	2459	61
Winston	2268	81
Tishomingo	2255	67
Jasper	2208	48
Attala	2141	73
Chickasaw	2071	57
Holmes	1886	73
Clay	1847	54
Stone	1818	33
Tallahatchie	1781	40
Clarke	1778	79
Calhoun	1698	32
Yalobusha	1633	36
Smith	1622	34
Walthall	1338	45
Greene	1303	33
Lawrence	1283	23
Montgomery	1267	42
Noxubee	1267	34
Perry	1258	38
Amite	1228	42
Carroll	1217	28
Webster	1145	32
Jefferson Davis	1069	32
Tunica	1047	26
Claiborne	1022	30
Benton	990	25
Humphreys	961	33
Kemper	953	28
Franklin	834	23
Quitman	800	16
Choctaw	760	18
Wilkinson	669	30
Jefferson	654	28
Sharkey	502	17
Issaquena	168	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 530011

Reported Deaths: 10946

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	76359	1519
Mobile	40875	804
Madison	34676	503
Tuscaloosa	25717	451
Montgomery	24308	585
Shelby	23389	248
Baldwin	21093	307
Lee	15844	169
Calhoun	14481	313
Morgan	14281	279
Etowah	13813	353
Marshall	12203	222
Houston	10553	280
Elmore	10036	205
Limestone	9952	150
Cullman	9647	193
St. Clair	9634	239
Lauderdale	9413	241
DeKalb	8821	185
Talladega	8210	175
Walker	7222	277
Autauga	6914	108
Jackson	6803	111
Blount	6645	136
Colbert	6291	134
Coffee	5503	118
Dale	4826	111
Russell	4400	38
Chilton	4263	111
Franklin	4254	82
Covington	4120	117
Tallapoosa	4006	152
Escambia	3932	76
Chambers	3559	123
Dallas	3544	151
Clarke	3508	61
Marion	3111	100
Pike	3101	77
Lawrence	2998	98
Winston	2737	72
Bibb	2604	63
Marengo	2491	64
Geneva	2487	77
Pickens	2337	60
Barbour	2307	57
Hale	2225	77
Butler	2158	69
Fayette	2120	62
Henry	1887	44
Cherokee	1843	45
Randolph	1799	41
Monroe	1770	40
Washington	1670	39
Macon	1586	50
Clay	1559	56
Crenshaw	1519	57
Cleburne	1487	41
Lamar	1418	34
Lowndes	1385	53
Wilcox	1270	29
Bullock	1230	41
Conecuh	1101	29
Perry	1075	26
Coosa	1071	28
Sumter	1043	32
Greene	923	34
Choctaw	604	24
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0

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