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NATCHEZ — The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 647 new COVID-19 cases and 14 new deaths on Sunday.

Adams County has 10 new COVID-19 cases reported by MSDH since Saturday and a total of 790 cases and 31 deaths reported since the outbreak. As of Friday, Merit Health Natchez is housing 10 COVID-19 patients with three of them in ICU. Mississippi’s total of confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases since March 11 now stands at 82,676 with 2,441 deaths.

Statewide, 674 confirmed positive COVID-19 patients were being hospitalized as of Friday and 145 suspected positive patients. MSDH reports 215 of Mississippi’s COVID-19 patients were in ICU ant 111 were on ventilators.

Guidelines from MSDH state social distancing is critical to stop the spread of COVID-19 and wearing a mask or face covering can sharply reduce the risk of passing COVID-19 on to others.

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.

 

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths
Adams	790	31
Alcorn	624	6
Amite	273	7
Attala	583	25
Benton	194	1
Bolivar	1488	49
Calhoun	470	10
Carroll	291	12
Chickasaw	584	20
Choctaw	155	4
Claiborne	439	16
Clarke	462	30
Clay	472	15
Coahoma	975	18
Copiah	1092	31
Covington	719	17
De Soto	4585	43
Forrest	2125	61
Franklin	175	3
George	684	13
Greene	294	14
Grenada	941	32
Hancock	490	20
Harrison	3285	54
Hinds	6523	139
Holmes	1039	54
Humphreys	335	14
Issaquena	97	3
Itawamba	555	16
Jackson	2990	60
Jasper	480	13
Jefferson	219	9
Jefferson Davis	303	8
Jones	2153	72
Kemper	270	15
Lafayette	1419	34
Lamar	1438	29
Lauderdale	1755	106
Lawrence	402	10
Leake	878	31
Lee	2162	54
Leflore	1234	75
Lincoln	970	51
Lowndes	1279	53
Madison	2967	83
Marion	781	26
Marshall	940	12
Monroe	1035	57
Montgomery	408	16
Neshoba	1429	99
Newton	664	14
Noxubee	518	14
Oktibbeha	1426	46
Panola	1293	23
Pearl River	748	48
Perry	293	9
Pike	1129	45
Pontotoc	1058	11
Prentiss	615	12
Quitman	320	3
Rankin	2842	63
Scott	1092	22
Sharkey	250	8
Simpson	938	39
Smith	467	13
Stone	312	10
Sunflower	1258	36
Tallahatchie	629	13
Tate	854	32
Tippah	545	15
Tishomingo	551	28
Tunica	449	12
Union	878	21
Walthall	563	24
Warren	1313	46
Washington	1983	60
Wayne	846	21
Webster	303	13
Wilkinson	277	17
Winston	694	19
Yalobusha	363	12
Yazoo	954	21
Total	82,676	2,441