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NATCHEZ — The Mississippi State Department of Health on Thursday reported 104 new cases of the COVID-19 virus, resulting in a total of 1,177 confirmed cases in the state.

The total number of deaths in the state increased by four to a total of 26 COVID-19-related deaths.

The number of Adams County cases increased by three to a total of 14 cases. Wilkinson County saw an increase by one case to a total of 17 cases and 2 deaths.

Also on Thursday, the Concordia Parish Department of Homeland Security reported two new cases of the COVID-19 virus from a Ferriday hospital for a total of eight cases and one virus-related death in the parish.

Office of Emergency Protection Director Timothy Vanier said Thursday that two of the eight cases were reported from Ferriday Family Health. One is a 28-year-old and another is a 32-year-old who are both quarantined at home.

Two of the eight Concordia Parish residents with COVID-19 are hospitalized in Rapides Parish, Vanier said, adding a third patient, Kejuane Bates, 36, died Wednesday at Merit Health Natchez. 

The following table shows the total number of confirmed cases in Mississippi as of 6 p.m. April 1.

 

County	Cases	Deaths	LTC Outbreaks
Adams	14
Alcorn	3
Amite	4	1	1
Attala	12
Benton	5
Bolivar	27	1	1
Calhoun	4		1
Carroll	3
Chickasaw	14	1	1
Choctaw	7
Claiborne	1
Clarke	4
Clay	7
Coahoma	23
Copiah	10
Covington	3
Desoto	103	1
Forrest	26		1
Franklin	3
George	4
Grenada	4
Hancock	22	1	2
Harrison	53	1	1
Hinds	118		1
Holmes	16	1
Humphreys	4	1
Itawamba	3
Jackson	57	1	1
Jasper	2
Jefferson	1
Jones	6
Kemper	4
Lafayette	16	1
Lamar	8
Lauderdale	46		2
Lawrence	5
Leake	6
Lee	24	1
Leflore	20	1
Lincoln	14
Lowndes	10
Madison	55		1
Marion	5		1
Marshall	18	1
Monroe	11	1
Montgomery	8	1
Neshoba	4		1
Newton	4
Noxubee	4
Oktibbeha	20		1
Panola	8	1
Pearl River	36		1
Perry	6	1
Pike	21
Pontotoc	10
Prentiss	4		1
Quitman	4
Rankin	50	1
Scott	13
Sharkey	2
Simpson	4
Smith	6		1
Sunflower	12	1
Tallahatchie	2
Tate	12
Tippah	29	2
Tishomingo	1
Tunica	14	1	1
Union	4		1
Walthall	10
Warren	2		1
Washington	29
Wayne	1
Webster	8	1
Wilkinson	17	2
Winston	9
Yalobusha	7
Yazoo	11	1
Total	1,177	26	22