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NATCHEZ — The Mississippi State Department of Health reported two new COVID-19 cases in Adams County on Saturday morning, including one at a long-term care facility in the county.

MSDH states that long-term care facilities, like nursing homes, are considered high-risk locations because their residents are older or are in poor health. Even one case of COVID-19 in these facilities among residents or employees is considered an outbreak.

Adams County now has a total of 16 cases of COVID-19 that have been confirmed by MSDH.

MSDH reported the state’s total number of COVID-19 cases rose by 97 confirmed cases to a total of 1,455 cases on Saturday.

MSDH also reported six additional deaths for a total of 35 people in the state with COVID-19 related deaths.

One of the new deaths was reported from Wilkinson County, which now has a total of three deaths of since the outbreak. Wilkinson County also has three new confirmed cases of the virus, bringing their total to 25 confirmed cases.

Below is a table from MSDH showing the number of COVID-19 cases and long-term care facility outbreaks.

 

County	Cases	Deaths	LTCs with Outbreaks
Adams	16		1
Alcorn	6
Amite	6	1	1
Attala	14
Benton	5
Bolivar	34	1	1
Calhoun	4		1
Carroll	5
Chickasaw	15	2	1
Choctaw	8
Claiborne	1
Clarke	5
Clay	7
Coahoma	27	1
Copiah	12
Covington	4
Desoto	118	1
Forrest	34		1
Franklin	4
George	4
Grenada	4
Hancock	30	1	2
Harrison	70	3	1
Hinds	140		2
Holmes	17	1
Humphreys	4	1
Itawamba	3
Jackson	79	1	1
Jasper	3
Jefferson	2
Jones	9
Kemper	4
Lafayette	21	1
Lamar	13
Lauderdale	61	1	3
Lawrence	4
Leake	8
Lee	28	1
Leflore	22	1	1
Lincoln	14		1
Lowndes	13
Madison	67		2
Marion	6		1
Marshall	20	1
Monroe	12	1	1
Montgomery	10	1
Neshoba	6
Newton	6		1
Noxubee	5
Oktibbeha	24		1
Panola	10	1
Pearl River	43	1	1
Perry	13	1
Pike	23
Pontotoc	12	1
Prentiss	9		1
Quitman	5
Rankin	66	1
Scott	17
Sharkey	2
Simpson	5
Smith	6		1
Sunflower	18	1
Tallahatchie	2
Tate	14
Tippah	31	3
Tishomingo	1
Tunica	15	1	1
Union	6		1
Walthall	12
Warren	3		1
Washington	31
Wayne	2
Webster	11	1
Wilkinson	25	3	1
Winston	11
Yalobusha	9
Yazoo	19	1
Total	1,455	35	30

 

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information about a residence.