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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 273 new confirmed cases of the virus, which raises the total number of cases in the state to 3,360 cases. The increase in cases reported Wednesday is the highest jump in COVID-19 cases in the state since the state started reporting cases on March 11.

The state also reported 11 new deaths from the virus, raising the number of deaths in the state to 122 deaths. Wednesday was the second consecutive day the state reported more than 10 deaths in the state.

In southwest Mississippi, cases slightly increased in Adams County and Wilkinson County. The number of cases in Adams County increased 2 cases from 62 cases reported on Tuesday to 64 cases reported on Wednesday. The number of cases in Wilkinson County also increased 2 cases from 49 cases reported on Tuesday to 51 cases reported on Wednesday.

The state also reports outbreaks of the virus in long-term care facilities. In southwest Mississippi, MSDH is investigating outbreaks in 2 long-term care facilities in Adams County, 1 long-term care facility in Amite County, 1 long-term care facility in Jefferson County and 1 long-term care facility in Wilkinson County.

Here are county-by-county numbers in the state:

County	Cases	Deaths	LTCs with Outbreaks
Adams	64	3	2
Alcorn	7
Amite	15	1	1
Attala	25
Benton	5
Bolivar	70	5	4
Calhoun	27	2	1
Carroll	9
Chickasaw	33	2	1
Choctaw	11	1
Claiborne	8
Clarke	19	1	2
Clay	21
Coahoma	43	1
Copiah	35
Covington	19
Desoto	199	3	1
Forrest	122	2	2
Franklin	10
George	8
Greene	3
Grenada	14
Hancock	49	5	2
Harrison	129	5	2
Hinds	280	4	6
Holmes	52	3
Humphreys	12	2	1
Itawamba	11		1
Jackson	182	5	2
Jasper	15
Jefferson	4		1
Jefferson Davis	7	1
Jones	42		3
Kemper	15
Lafayette	36	2
Lamar	48	1
Lauderdale	165	12	5
Lawrence	7
Leake	40	1
Lee	46	4
Leflore	55	6	3
Lincoln	81	4	2
Lowndes	27		1
Madison	112	3	3
Marion	34		1
Marshall	35	2
Monroe	46	2	2
Montgomery	15	1
Neshoba	35	1
Newton	14		1
Noxubee	10
Oktibbeha	41	1	2
Panola	26	2
Pearl River	102	8	2
Perry	20	1
Pike	72	2	2
Pontotoc	15	2
Prentiss	15		1
Quitman	13
Rankin	113	2
Scott	79		1
Sharkey	3
Simpson	12		1
Smith	36	1	1
Stone	15
Sunflower	42	2
Tallahatchie	6
Tate	26
Tippah	45	6	1
Tishomingo	2
Tunica	23	1	1
Union	9	1	1
Walthall	22
Warren	15	1
Washington	62	2	2
Wayne	9
Webster	14	1
Wilkinson	51	3	1
Winston	22
Yalobusha	14
Yazoo	65	1
Total	3,360	122	66