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NATCHEZ — The Mississippi State Department of Health on Friday reported another large one-day jump in confirmed COVID-19 cases with 1,610 new cases.

Also, on the Wednesday the Mississippi State Department of Health reported 28 new COVID-19 deaths and 975 patients with confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state’s hospitals.

With the rise in Mississippi’s COVID-19 numbers, Gov. Tate Reeves on Friday reinstated some regulations to help curb the spread of the disease.

* Social gatherings are limited to 10 or less indoors and 20 or less outdoors.

* Bars can only sell alcohol to seated customers, and no alcohol can be sold at restaurants or bars after 11 p.m. until 7 a.m.

*Previous social distancing measures, such as limiting to 50% capacity, updating floor plans to ensure 6 feet distance between groups, and limiting to 6 people per table, remain in effect.

Adams County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases rose in Friday’s report to 480 cases and the county’s death toll remains at 22.

Mississippi’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases now stand at 49,663 and 1,463 deaths since the pandemic began March 11.

On Friday, the Adams County Emergency Management Agency reported the county had 90 active cases.

MSDH reports 183 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.

 

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases for 2020, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information. The data provided below is the most current available.

 

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	480	22	44	11
Alcorn	241	2	1	1
Amite	165	4	13	2
Attala	436	23	89	19
Benton	88	0	1	0
Bolivar	712	25	42	7
Calhoun	326	5	23	4
Carroll	230	11	45	9
Chickasaw	371	19	35	11
Choctaw	104	4	0	0
Claiborne	368	12	43	9
Clarke	267	25	19	9
Clay	325	13	2	1
Coahoma	492	7	2	0
Copiah	799	21	30	3
Covington	511	8	3	1
De Soto	2746	21	28	6
Forrest	1353	46	96	29
Franklin	80	2	3	1
George	220	4	1	0
Greene	181	10	34	6
Grenada	750	16	61	9
Hancock	235	14	8	4
Harrison	1694	22	114	11
Hinds	4261	80	203	29
Holmes	714	44	97	20
Humphreys	235	10	19	6
Issaquena	17	1	0	0
Itawamba	236	9	34	7
Jackson	1481	24	68	6
Jasper	318	6	1	0
Jefferson	154	4	3	0
Jefferson Davis	163	5	3	1
Jones	1495	54	160	35
Kemper	206	15	38	9
Lafayette	669	4	43	1
Lamar	900	9	3	2
Lauderdale	1159	84	203	55
Lawrence	246	3	0	0
Leake	718	24	4	0
Lee	941	26	66	15
Leflore	708	57	184	41
Lincoln	649	38	115	27
Lowndes	768	22	51	11
Madison	1978	50	156	23
Marion	476	14*	15	2
Marshall	429	5	12	1
Monroe	561	44	124	37
Montgomery	244	3	0	0
Neshoba	1138	82	107	34
Newton	458	10	7	1
Noxubee	348	10	16	3
Oktibbeha	759	31	132	19
Panola	662	8	3	1
Pearl River	403	34	52	14
Perry	160	6	0	0
Pike	685	28	60	13
Pontotoc	576	6	3	1
Prentiss	231	6	24	3
Quitman	149	1	0	0
Rankin	1709	23	67	8
Scott	919	16	15	3
Sharkey	92	0	1	0
Simpson	600	12	7	3
Smith	341	12	53	8
Stone	118	2	2	1
Sunflower	751	14	5	1
Tallahatchie	338	5	6	2
Tate	542	19	29	11
Tippah	223	11	0	0
Tishomingo	206	3	2	0
Tunica	175	4	12	2
Union	391	12	20	8
Walthall	382	15	54	8
Warren	825	23	48	9
Washington	1208	23	29	7
Wayne	660	21	54	8
Webster	158	11	52	10
Wilkinson	142	12	5	2
Winston	471	14	40	10
Yalobusha	270	9	35	7
Yazoo	673	9	21	2
Total	49,663	1,463	3,300	680