Governor lifts statewide burn ban

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Mississippi is no longer under a statewide burn ban, but bans are still in effect for many counties.

Posted: Oct 14, 2019 12:54 PM

Updated: Oct 14, 2019 1:49 PM

Posted By: Zac Carlisle

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - The governor has lifted Mississippi’s statewide burn ban.

The Mississippi Forestry Commission announced the ban lift at noon on Monday.

Gov. @PhilBryantMS has lifted the statewide #burnban, effective immediately. Individual county burn bans REMAIN. Visit https://t.co/rpXNTf2fSy for a list of active county burn bans. #MSforestry #wildfireprevention pic.twitter.com/WPeh1wnmLw

— MS Forestry Commission (@MSForestryComm) October 14, 2019

Gov. Phil Bryant issued the statewide ban on Oct. 2 because of extremely dry conditions at the time.

However, the burn bans for individual counties are still in effect.

These north Mississippi counties are listed on the state’s active burn ban list as of Monday:

Chickasaw
Clay
Itawamba
Lee
Montgomery
Panola
Pontotoc
Prentiss
Webster
Yalobusha

Open this link for each county’s exemptions and expiration dates.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 145636

Reported Deaths: 3745

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	9731	99
Hinds	9668	197
Harrison	6898	109
Jackson	6178	119
Rankin	5319	100
Lee	4876	95
Madison	4666	106
Forrest	3713	86
Jones	3467	88
Lauderdale	3355	144
Lafayette	3175	49
Washington	3122	107
Lamar	2834	49
Oktibbeha	2408	61
Bolivar	2401	84
Lowndes	2297	63
Neshoba	2177	115
Panola	2158	49
Marshall	2096	50
Leflore	2014	90
Pontotoc	1961	28
Monroe	1914	77
Sunflower	1905	55
Lincoln	1868	65
Warren	1726	57
Tate	1654	51
Union	1639	25
Pike	1606	58
Copiah	1595	40
Yazoo	1520	39
Scott	1507	29
Coahoma	1487	43
Itawamba	1482	34
Pearl River	1465	67
Alcorn	1463	27
Simpson	1451	53
Prentiss	1412	30
Adams	1379	49
Grenada	1377	45
Leake	1319	43
Holmes	1265	61
Tippah	1230	30
George	1223	24
Covington	1197	37
Winston	1191	24
Wayne	1162	23
Hancock	1159	39
Marion	1116	46
Attala	1098	33
Tishomingo	1065	42
Chickasaw	1041	32
Newton	1036	29
Tallahatchie	963	27
Clarke	888	53
Clay	871	27
Jasper	812	22
Walthall	753	28
Stone	731	14
Calhoun	729	13
Montgomery	721	25
Carroll	706	14
Lawrence	703	14
Yalobusha	700	27
Noxubee	697	17
Smith	696	16
Perry	654	26
Tunica	596	19
Greene	584	22
Claiborne	576	16
Jefferson Davis	550	17
Humphreys	529	18
Amite	518	14
Benton	487	17
Quitman	481	6
Webster	421	14
Kemper	419	18
Wilkinson	387	22
Jefferson	342	11
Franklin	326	5
Choctaw	311	7
Sharkey	307	17
Issaquena	112	4
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 239318

Reported Deaths: 3532

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	31391	491
Mobile	19562	361
Tuscaloosa	12813	154
Madison	12741	146
Montgomery	12198	235
Shelby	10005	77
Baldwin	8473	98
Lee	7644	66
Morgan	6343	48
Calhoun	6112	115
Marshall	6079	54
Etowah	6065	65
Houston	5170	38
DeKalb	4747	36
Cullman	4280	38
Limestone	4137	44
St. Clair	4090	55
Elmore	4007	62
Lauderdale	3936	53
Walker	3588	108
Talladega	3434	53
Jackson	3076	24
Colbert	3019	41
Blount	2855	39
Autauga	2686	41
Franklin	2478	33
Coffee	2397	15
Dale	2303	54
Dallas	2245	31
Russell	2205	3
Chilton	2196	38
Covington	2168	33
Escambia	1974	31
Chambers	1737	49
Tallapoosa	1733	91
Pike	1575	14
Clarke	1563	19
Marion	1365	35
Winston	1299	23
Lawrence	1248	36
Geneva	1202	8
Pickens	1194	18
Marengo	1191	24
Barbour	1170	10
Bibb	1162	17
Butler	1144	41
Randolph	1009	21
Cherokee	1008	24
Hale	945	31
Clay	902	23
Washington	902	19
Fayette	873	16
Henry	849	6
Lowndes	791	29
Monroe	781	11
Cleburne	757	14
Macon	723	21
Crenshaw	707	30
Bullock	691	19
Conecuh	683	14
Perry	675	6
Lamar	650	8
Wilcox	631	18
Sumter	571	22
Choctaw	419	13
Greene	414	18
Coosa	337	4
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0