MSDH reports 1,616 new coronavirus cases, 13 new deaths Monday

The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported 1,616 new COVID-19 cases and 13 new deaths Monday, Jan. 4.

Posted: Jan 4, 2021 10:55 AM

Updated: Jan 5, 2021 10:10 AM

Posted By: Zac Carlisle

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported 1,616 new COVID-19 cases and 13 new deaths Monday, Jan. 4.

New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. Sunday. Three deaths occurred between Dec. 30, 2020, and Jan. 2, 2021, in the counties below.

Source: MSDH

Madison 1
Newton 1
Pearl River 1

Ten COVID-19 related deaths occurred between Dec. 6 and Dec. 28, identified from death certificate reports.

George 1
Greene 1
Grenada 1
Hinds 1
Lee 2
Simpson 1
Tippah 1
Union 1
Winston 1

As of Monday, Jan. 4, there have been 223,677 total cases of the virus since mid-March, which is when the state reported its first case. There have been 4,884 total deaths.

The state health department estimates there have been 182,103 recoveries.

Open this link to view the cases per county, recoveries and more information.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 313942

Reported Deaths: 7240

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	21580	258
Hinds	20330	415
Harrison	17879	309
Rankin	13594	278
Jackson	13429	246
Madison	10088	217
Lee	9970	174
Jones	8370	163
Forrest	7670	152
Lauderdale	7188	241
Lowndes	6387	146
Lamar	6224	86
Lafayette	6184	118
Washington	5332	133
Bolivar	4801	132
Oktibbeha	4621	98
Panola	4582	106
Pearl River	4506	146
Marshall	4435	103
Warren	4386	121
Pontotoc	4201	72
Monroe	4107	133
Union	4100	76
Neshoba	4030	176
Lincoln	3962	110
Hancock	3784	86
Leflore	3493	125
Sunflower	3359	90
Tate	3333	84
Pike	3316	105
Scott	3157	73
Alcorn	3127	68
Yazoo	3114	69
Itawamba	2997	77
Copiah	2968	65
Coahoma	2951	79
Simpson	2949	88
Tippah	2881	68
Prentiss	2797	60
Adams	2787	82
Marion	2690	80
Leake	2674	73
Wayne	2626	41
Grenada	2613	86
Covington	2582	81
George	2478	48
Newton	2462	61
Winston	2270	81
Tishomingo	2266	67
Jasper	2210	48
Attala	2142	73
Chickasaw	2077	57
Holmes	1888	73
Clay	1852	54
Stone	1824	33
Tallahatchie	1785	41
Clarke	1779	80
Calhoun	1705	32
Yalobusha	1642	38
Smith	1623	34
Walthall	1339	45
Greene	1305	33
Lawrence	1285	24
Montgomery	1267	42
Noxubee	1267	34
Perry	1263	38
Amite	1230	42
Carroll	1218	28
Webster	1145	32
Jefferson Davis	1070	33
Tunica	1052	26
Claiborne	1024	30
Benton	995	25
Humphreys	965	33
Kemper	957	28
Franklin	836	23
Quitman	807	16
Choctaw	763	18
Wilkinson	672	30
Jefferson	655	28
Sharkey	502	17
Issaquena	168	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 531404

Reported Deaths: 10985

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	76550	1522
Mobile	41036	805
Madison	34789	503
Tuscaloosa	25788	453
Montgomery	24340	589
Shelby	23449	249
Baldwin	21154	308
Lee	15882	171
Calhoun	14511	314
Morgan	14306	279
Etowah	13843	353
Marshall	12232	223
Houston	10570	281
Elmore	10068	205
Limestone	9974	151
Cullman	9676	194
St. Clair	9661	243
Lauderdale	9427	241
DeKalb	8831	186
Talladega	8227	176
Walker	7241	277
Autauga	6926	108
Jackson	6814	112
Blount	6678	137
Colbert	6306	134
Coffee	5519	119
Dale	4838	111
Russell	4415	38
Chilton	4296	112
Franklin	4260	82
Covington	4129	118
Tallapoosa	4023	152
Escambia	3936	77
Chambers	3573	123
Dallas	3551	152
Clarke	3511	61
Marion	3122	101
Pike	3109	77
Lawrence	3003	98
Winston	2744	73
Bibb	2609	64
Geneva	2504	77
Marengo	2495	64
Pickens	2344	61
Barbour	2310	57
Hale	2230	77
Butler	2160	69
Fayette	2125	62
Henry	1888	44
Cherokee	1852	45
Randolph	1805	42
Monroe	1775	40
Washington	1673	39
Macon	1596	50
Clay	1567	56
Crenshaw	1525	57
Cleburne	1489	41
Lamar	1425	35
Lowndes	1388	53
Wilcox	1271	30
Bullock	1228	41
Conecuh	1105	29
Perry	1077	26
Coosa	1076	28
Sumter	1047	32
Greene	925	34
Choctaw	607	24
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0

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