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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported the highest jump in new COVID-19 cases since March 11 with 397 new cases of the virus reported on Friday.

Adams County added 15 new cases (which ties the record set on April 10 when cases jumped from 27 to 42 cases), going from 133 on Thursday to 148 cases on Friday. Adams County’s death toll remains at eight. Four deaths, or half of Adams County’s deaths, were patients in long-term care facilities.

MSDH reported 20 new deaths in the state on Friday and states that 11 of the 20 new COVID-19 related deaths reported occurred between March 29 and April 16 and were based on death certificate investigations.

The number of Mississippians currently hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 infection has risen to 454 as of Friday.

Mississippi’s total of COVID-19 cases since March 11 now stands at 7,212 with 281 deaths.

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.

Mississippi COVID-19 Cases to Date

Table of all total cases and deaths, and those in long-term care (LTC) facilities, since March 11, 2020.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	148	8	25	4
Alcorn	10	1	0	0
Amite	29	0	1	0
Attala	109	0	26	0
Benton	12	0	1	0
Bolivar	102	7	13	1
Calhoun	52	3	23	3
Carroll	58	1	2	0
Chickasaw	75	8	22	6
Choctaw	13	1	0	0
Claiborne	23	0	0	0
Clarke	55	3	10	2
Clay	42	2	0	0
Coahoma	64	3	1	0
Copiah	108	1	1	1
Covington	67	0	0	0
Desoto	293	4	2	1
Forrest	219	12	21	6
Franklin	16	1	0	0
George	14	1	0	0
Greene	5	1	0	0
Grenada	32	0	14	0
Hancock	62	5	7	3
Harrison	177	6	1	1
Hinds	496	8	14	4
Holmes	153	9	27	2
Humphreys	24	3	5	1
Itawamba	59	3	32	2
Jackson	267	6	40	1
Jasper	48	1	0	0
Jefferson	20	0	0	0
Jefferson Davis	35	1	2	0
Jones	159	2	11	0
Kemper	64	3	14	1
Lafayette	89	3	35	0
Lamar	111	2	1	0
Lauderdale	365	23	85	14
Lawrence	46	0	1	0
Leake	219	2	0	0
Lee	71	4	5	0
Leflore	164	17	30	7
Lincoln	143	11	47	7
Lowndes	58	2	4	1
Madison	251	8	30	5
Marion	75	7	14	2
Marshall	44	2	0	0
Monroe	161	16	84	14
Montgomery	29	1	0	0
Neshoba	205	4	19	0
Newton	87	0	1	0
Noxubee	73	0	9	0
Oktibbeha	51	3	9	3
Panola	39	2	0	0
Pearl River	175	20	38	6
Perry	27	1	0	0
Pike	149	7	12	4
Pontotoc	18	2	1	0
Prentiss	32	1	20	1
Quitman	15	0	0	0
Rankin	194	5	6	0
Scott	339	0	10	0
Sharkey	5	0	0	0
Simpson	47	0	2	0
Smith	76	4	20	2
Stone	22	0	0	0
Sunflower	55	2	0	0
Tallahatchie	11	1	0	0
Tate	42	0	1	0
Tippah	56	10	0	0
Tishomingo	7	0	1	0
Tunica	35	2	12	2
Union	19	1	2	0
Walthall	32	0	0	0
Warren	74	2	1	0
Washington	77	3	4	1
Wayne	23	0	0	0
Webster	19	1	0	0
Wilkinson	69	7	5	2
Winston	44	0	0	0
Yalobusha	20	0	0	0
Yazoo	139	1	1	0
Total	7,212	281	825	110

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