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On Monday, the Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting 238 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 10 new deaths.

Adams County has two new cases with a total of 83 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no new deaths, which remain at six and two outbreaks in long term care facilities.

The total of Mississippi’s cases since March 11 now stands at 4,512, with 169 deaths. Eight new outbreaks have been identified in long-term care facilities.

We are now charting daily hospitalizations for COVID-19 on our website. This is an important measure of the severity of the outbreak and the impact it has on Mississippians and our medical care system. Currently, there are 359 patients in hospital care for COVID-19, with 189 of these in intensive care.

More details of COVID-19 in the state, along with preventive steps to take against coronavirus, are online at http://HealthyMS.com/covid-19

The Mississippi Coronavirus Hotline is the best way to get your questions about COVID-19 answered. Call any time: 877-978-6453.

The latest state map shows Mississippi’s case total as reported at 6 p.m. last night.

Outbreaks in long-term care facilities (LTCs)

Long-term care (LTC) facilities like nursing homes are considered high-risk locations because their residents are older or in poor health. Even one case of COVID-19 in these facilities among residents or employees is considered an outbreak. We investigate residents, staff and close contacts of infected individuals for possible exposure. The number of LTC facilities with outbreaks are shown for each county in the table below.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	LTCs with Outbreaks
Adams	83	6	2
Alcorn	7	0	0
Amite	17	0	0
Attala	44	0	1
Benton	8	0	0
Bolivar	85	6	4
Calhoun	42	2	1
Carroll	14	1	0
Chickasaw	45	4	1
Choctaw	13	1	0
Claiborne	10	0	0
Clarke	29	2	1
Clay	26	1	0
Coahoma	49	2	0
Copiah	46	1	0
Covington	33	0	1
Desoto	238	3	1
Forrest	147	4	3
Franklin	16	0	0
George	10	1	0
Greene	3	0	0
Grenada	26	0	1
Hancock	53	5	2
Harrison	145	5	3
Hinds	347	5	5
Holmes	60	4	1
Humphreys	12	3	1
Itawamba	26	1	1
Jackson	209	6	2
Jasper	23	1	0
Jefferson	6	0	1
Jefferson Davis	10	1	0
Jones	74	0	2
Kemper	21	0	1
Lafayette	67	3	1
Lamar	71	2	0
Lauderdale	220	15	9
Lawrence	17	0	0
Leake	86	1	0
Lee	63	4	0
Leflore	105	10	2
Lincoln	107	6	2
Lowndes	34	1	2
Madison	140	4	3
Marion	47	1	1
Marshall	38	2	0
Monroe	75	5	2
Montgomery	15	1	0
Neshoba	73	2	0
Newton	30	0	1
Noxubee	22	0	0
Oktibbeha	43	2	2
Panola	36	2	0
Pearl River	132	10	2
Perry	22	1	0
Pike	115	2	2
Pontotoc	18	2	1
Prentiss	25	0	2
Quitman	13	0	0
Rankin	141	2	1
Scott	148	0	1
Sharkey	3	0	0
Simpson	28	0	1
Smith	47	2	1
Stone	19	0	0
Sunflower	47	2	0
Tallahatchie	8	1	0
Tate	34	0	0
Tippah	47	7	1
Tishomingo	4	0	0
Tunica	32	1	1
Union	11	1	1
Walthall	24	0	0
Warren	22	2	0
Washington	71	3	1
Wayne	12	0	0
Webster	15	1	0
Wilkinson	61	5	1
Winston	36	0	0
Yalobusha	16	0	0
Yazoo	95	1	1
Total	4,512	169	77