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The number of COVID-19 cases rose across southwest Mississippi as residents continue to grapple with the spread of the virus.

Sunday morning the Mississippi State Department of Health reported 758 confirmed cases of COVID-29 in the state — an increase of 95 cases from Saturday. MSDH reported the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 increased by one  — a death in Wilkinson County — to 14 deaths.

On Saturday, Adams County Coroner James Lee reported the death of 49-year-old man who lived near the Wilkinson County/Amite County line. The man died at Merit Health Natchez.

MSDH reported Claiborne County’s first case of the virus. The number of Amite County cases increased from 1 case reported Saturday to four cases Sunday. Adams County cases increased by one case to seven cases. Wilkinson County cases increased to 12 cases — up one case from Saturday’s report.

The total number of cases in Southwest Mississippi:

• Adams County – 7
• Amite County – 4
• Claiborne County – 1
• Copiah County – 8
• Franklin County – 3
• Jefferson County – 1
• Lincoln County – 9
• Wilkinson County – 12
• Warren County – 1

 

All Mississippi cases

County	Cases	Deaths
Adams	7
Amite	4
Attala	9
Benton	4
Bolivar	11
Calhoun	3
Carroll	1
Chickasaw	10
Choctaw	5
Claiborne	1
Clarke	1
Clay	2
Coahoma	18
Copiah	8
Covington	1
Desoto	71	1
Forrest	19
Franklin	3
George	3
Grenada	3
Hancock	15	1
Harrison	43	1
Hinds	66
Holmes	13	1
Humphreys	2
Itawamba	3
Jackson	34
Jefferson	1
Jones	5
Kemper	1
Lafayette	13
Lamar	4
Lauderdale	15
Lawrence	5
Leake	5
Lee	21	1
Leflore	15
Lincoln	9
Lowndes	10
Madison	37
Marion	4
Marshall	13
Monroe	5
Montgomery	6
Neshoba	4
Newton	1
Noxubee	2
Oktibbeha	15
Panola	5
Pearl River	27
Perry	2	1
Pike	14
Pontotoc	3
Prentiss	4
Quitman	4
Rankin	35	1
Scott	7
Sharkey	1
Simpson	2
Smith	1
Sunflower	10	1
Tallahatchie	2
Tate	9
Tippah	23	2
Tunica	6	1
Union	3
Walthall	5
Warren	1
Washington	16
Webster	3	1
Wilkinson	12	2
Winston	4
Yalobusha	3
Yazoo	5
Total	758	14