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NATCHEZ — The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 177 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday in the state and eight new deaths.

As of Tuesday, the state reported a total of 1,915 cases of the novel coronavirus and a total of 59 deaths that resulted from the virus.

Five new cases were reported in Adams County for a total of 24 cases.

Adams County Coroner James Lee said Monday that a Natchez woman died of the virus and the new death in Adams County had not been reported by Tuesday from the MSDH.

Below is a table from MSDH showing a list of COVID-19 cases and deaths reported by county and the number of long term care facilities such as nursing homes with outbreaks.

 

County	Cases	Deaths	LTCs with Outbreaks
Adams	24		1
Alcorn	6
Amite	7	1	1
Attala	15
Benton	5
Bolivar	54	2	2
Calhoun	10		1
Carroll	7
Chickasaw	15	2	1
Choctaw	9	1
Claiborne	3
Clarke	10
Clay	10
Coahoma	30	1
Copiah	17
Covington	7
Desoto	140	1
Forrest	59	1	1
Franklin	5
George	5
Greene	1
Grenada	8
Hancock	31	2	2
Harrison	89	3	1
Hinds	169		2
Holmes	25	3
Humphreys	5	1
Itawamba	5
Jackson	108	5	1
Jasper	4
Jefferson	3
Jones	14		1
Kemper	10
Lafayette	25	1
Lamar	18	1
Lauderdale	78	3	3
Lawrence	5
Leake	15
Lee	38	2
Leflore	26	4	1
Lincoln	21	1	1
Lowndes	16
Madison	82	2	1
Marion	13		1
Marshall	24	1
Monroe	18	1	2
Montgomery	12	1
Neshoba	12
Newton	7		1
Noxubee	5
Oktibbeha	29	1	2
Panola	19	1
Pearl River	56	3	2
Perry	14	1
Pike	31		1
Pontotoc	12	1
Prentiss	10		2
Quitman	9
Rankin	78	1
Scott	32		1
Sharkey	3
Simpson	7
Smith	11		1
Stone	3
Sunflower	25	1
Tallahatchie	3
Tate	18
Tippah	36	3
Tishomingo	1
Tunica	17	1	1
Union	6		1
Walthall	14
Warren	7		1
Washington	40	1	1
Wayne	5
Webster	12	1
Wilkinson	32	3	1
Winston	17
Yalobusha	11
Yazoo	32	1
Total	1,915	59	38

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