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NATCHEZ — The Mississippi State Department of Health on Friday reported another big one-day jump in confirmed COVID-19 cases with 1,032 new cases.

Also, on the Thursday the Mississippi State Department of Health reported 24 new COVID-19 deaths and 853 patients with confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state’s hospitals.

Adams County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases rose by eight cases to 401 cases and the county’s death toll remains at 21.

Mississippi’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases now stand at 40,829 and 1,332 deaths since the pandemic began March 11.

On Monday, the Adams County Emergency Management Agency reported the county had 71 active cases and Merit Health Natchez had 10 patients with confirmed COVID-19 cases.

MSDH reports 140 long-term care facilities such as nursing homes in the state now have active outbreaks where an outbreak is defined as one or more cases among residents or staff.

Adams County has a total of 44 long-term care facility cases reported since the outbreak began with 11 confirmed deaths in long-term care facilities.

More details of COVID-19 in the state, along with preventive steps to take against coronavirus and statewide testing locations, 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 877-978-6453 from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week.

Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported cases since March 11, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

 

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	401	21	44	11
Alcorn	136	2	1	1
Amite	131	3	13	2
Attala	405	24	89	19
Benton	67	0	1	0
Bolivar	524	18	42	6
Calhoun	202	5	23	4
Carroll	200	11	45	9
Chickasaw	337	19	35	11
Choctaw	82	4	0	0
Claiborne	328	12	43	9
Clarke	250	25	19	9
Clay	285	12	2	1
Coahoma	276	7	1	0
Copiah	713	18	30	3
Covington	487	5	3	0
Desoto	2220	20	23	5
Forrest	1162	45	96	29
Franklin	67	2	3	1
George	154	3	1	0
Greene	139	10	34	6
Grenada	678	14	52	8
Hancock	180	14	8	4
Harrison	1370	18	103	10
Hinds	3418	66	157	24
Holmes	639	43	98	20
Humphreys	192	10	18	6
Issaquena	12	1	0	0
Itawamba	177	8	34	7
Jackson	900	20	48	6
Jasper	307	6	1	0
Jefferson	142	3	3	0
Jefferson Davis	137	4	3	1
Jones	1302	52	159	35
Kemper	190	14	38	9
Lafayette	560	4	42	1
Lamar	702	8	3	2
Lauderdale	1024	83	203	54
Lawrence	225	2	0	0
Leake	675	20	3	0
Lee	728	23	67	15
Leflore	612	56	183	41
Lincoln	570	36	115	27
Lowndes	608	17	34	8
Madison	1657	43	143	20
Marion	381	12	16	2
Marshall	334	4	12	1
Monroe	506	42	122	35
Montgomery	209	3	0	0
Neshoba	1071	81	108	32
Newton	408	11	6	2
Noxubee	297	10	15	3
Oktibbeha	662	28	132	18
Panola	551	6	3	1
Pearl River	346	32	50	12
Perry	111	4	0	0
Pike	562	25	47	12
Pontotoc	448	6	3	1
Prentiss	155	6	24	3
Quitman	116	1	0	0
Rankin	1322	21	61	7
Scott	848	16	15	3
Sharkey	58	0	1	0
Simpson	495	4	3	0
Smith	273	12	52	8
Stone	94	2	2	1
Sunflower	614	11	1	0
Tallahatchie	260	4	3	1
Tate	447	16	28	9
Tippah	180	11	0	0
Tishomingo	142	1	2	0
Tunica	139	3	12	2
Union	307	11	20	8
Walthall	310	10	49	4
Warren	671	22	40	9
Washington	918	17	27	5
Wayne	606	20	53	8
Webster	142	11	52	10
Wilkinson	111	9	5	2
Winston	336	13	40	10
Yalobusha	231	9	35	7
Yazoo	597	7	20	2
Total	40,829	1,332	3,122	642