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: 515504

Reported Deaths: 10296

County	Cases	Deaths
Harrison	34999	558
DeSoto	33360	432
Hinds	32743	643
Jackson	24906	392
Rankin	22565	405
Lee	16455	245
Madison	14954	283
Jones	14158	248
Forrest	13834	260
Lauderdale	12311	323
Lowndes	11357	193
Lamar	10693	140
Pearl River	9748	244
Lafayette	8868	143
Hancock	7849	132
Washington	7559	169
Oktibbeha	7229	138
Monroe	7068	179
Pontotoc	7033	110
Warren	6885	178
Panola	6791	135
Neshoba	6744	210
Marshall	6707	142
Bolivar	6468	151
Union	6435	98
Pike	5942	157
Alcorn	5921	107
Lincoln	5540	136
George	5106	80
Prentiss	5082	85
Tippah	4956	83
Itawamba	4884	107
Scott	4789	99
Tate	4777	117
Adams	4776	125
Leflore	4749	144
Copiah	4581	95
Yazoo	4580	92
Simpson	4566	117
Wayne	4434	72
Covington	4348	95
Sunflower	4319	106
Marion	4295	112
Coahoma	4244	110
Leake	4141	91
Newton	3961	82
Tishomingo	3868	94
Grenada	3789	109
Stone	3661	66
Jasper	3412	66
Attala	3404	90
Chickasaw	3183	67
Winston	3183	92
Clay	3129	78
Clarke	3016	95
Calhoun	2868	50
Holmes	2728	89
Smith	2705	52
Yalobusha	2449	47
Tallahatchie	2323	53
Greene	2251	49
Walthall	2221	66
Lawrence	2202	42
Perry	2145	56
Amite	2103	57
Webster	2065	48
Noxubee	1888	43
Montgomery	1821	57
Carroll	1754	41
Jefferson Davis	1743	43
Tunica	1635	39
Benton	1531	39
Kemper	1454	41
Choctaw	1370	27
Claiborne	1348	39
Humphreys	1322	39
Franklin	1265	30
Quitman	1078	28
Wilkinson	1061	39
Jefferson	971	34
Sharkey	653	21
Issaquena	195	7
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 848137

Reported Deaths: 16185

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	116405	2005
Mobile	74368	1384
Madison	53497	738
Shelby	38435	371
Baldwin	38195	589
Tuscaloosa	36152	644
Montgomery	34562	782
Lee	25655	264
Calhoun	22630	520
Morgan	22530	411
Etowah	20069	520
Marshall	18846	318
Houston	17777	426
St. Clair	16958	359
Limestone	16195	220
Cullman	16157	306
Elmore	15940	295
Lauderdale	15069	307
Talladega	14260	302
DeKalb	13083	271
Walker	12168	380
Blount	10779	193
Autauga	10560	157
Jackson	10214	196
Coffee	9435	192
Colbert	9366	210
Dale	9044	192
Tallapoosa	7285	202
Russell	7100	65
Chilton	7090	170
Covington	6969	197
Escambia	6967	144
Franklin	6364	108
Chambers	5801	142
Marion	5437	132
Dallas	5302	210
Pike	5129	109
Clarke	4857	86
Lawrence	4850	130
Winston	4793	110
Geneva	4655	136
Bibb	4357	95
Barbour	3706	80
Butler	3444	101
Marengo	3429	93
Monroe	3383	66
Randolph	3378	67
Pickens	3348	90
Fayette	3317	85
Henry	3211	66
Cherokee	3203	64
Hale	3191	89
Crenshaw	2616	78
Washington	2568	52
Cleburne	2554	60
Lamar	2535	55
Clay	2529	69
Macon	2463	67
Conecuh	1935	62
Coosa	1860	48
Wilcox	1785	38
Lowndes	1784	68
Bullock	1528	45
Perry	1418	40
Sumter	1398	41
Greene	1305	45
Choctaw	944	28
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0

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