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NATCHEZ — An employee of Adams County Nursing Home has died with COVID-19.

The 55-year-old man died Tuesday at Merit Health Natchez, Adams County Coroner James Lee said.

The man’s name was not provided to protect the privacy of the family.

“He was hospitalized about a week before his death,” Lee said. “This virus is very much real and we need to take every precaution necessary to prevent the spread. Personally, I have a 25-year-old granddaughter on a ventilator because of COVID. My baby is struggling for her life. COVID doesn’t know race or age. My heart is broken right now and I’m very sensitive to this pandemic. Let’s do the right thingm Natchez.”

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 505 new COVID-19 Cases and 28 new deaths statewide on Tuesday.

Adams County’s total of COVID-19 cases is 877 and total of COVID-19 deaths is 32 since the outbreak, MSDH reports.

Mississippi’s total of confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases now stands at 90,523 with 2,734 deaths.

The number of Mississippians hospitalized is the lowest it has been in the last two weeks with 524 confirmed positive patients currently hospitalized and 143 suspected positive patients, according to MSDH.

The data also shows 177 COVID-19 patients are in ICU statewide with 88 patients on ventilators.

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County:

 

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	877	32	47	12
Alcorn	736	9	18	2
Amite	293	10	14	2
Attala	624	25	90	20
Benton	208	1	2	0
Bolivar	1727	62	179	23
Calhoun	502	12	25	4
Carroll	304	12	45	9
Chickasaw	626	24	43	13
Choctaw	176	5	3	0
Claiborne	447	16	43	9
Clarke	518	37	57	15
Clay	553	16	14	1
Coahoma	1079	24	79	2
Copiah	1139	33	46	4
Covington	783	20	23	5
De Soto	5224	53	63	13
Forrest	2284	68	170	40
Franklin	182	3	3	1
George	737	13	27	6
Greene	328	16	36	6
Grenada	1021	34	105	20
Hancock	542	20	9	4
Harrison	3632	71	236	29
Hinds	6846	152	395	62
Holmes	1075	58	100	20
Humphreys	365	15	21	6
Issaquena	102	3		0
Itawamba	712	20	77	16
Jackson	3301	66	75	7
Jasper	530	13	1	0
Jefferson	233	9	12	3
Jefferson Davis	317	11	3	1
Jones	2315	77	180	37
Kemper	284	15	39	9
Lafayette	1975	39	122	28
Lamar	1540	33	27	11
Lauderdale	1965	122	254	71
Lawrence	421	12	26	2
Leake	928	35	17	2
Lee	2489	65	153	30
Leflore	1326	79	189	45
Lincoln	1026	52	142	32
Lowndes	1374	56	96	32
Madison	3146	85	238	45
Marion	824	31	73	9
Marshall	1052	14	31	6
Monroe	1151	65	162	50
Montgomery	438	20	47	9
Neshoba	1505	102	111	37
Newton	736	22	34	7
Noxubee	539	15	19	4
Oktibbeha	1708	48	191	31
Panola	1379	26	13	2
Pearl River	828	49	71	20
Perry	377	16	12	2
Pike	1192	48	80	21
Pontotoc	1176	16	7	1
Prentiss	755	17	48	3
Quitman	356	5		0
Rankin	3094	73	153	18
Scott	1147	25	17	3
Sharkey	258	11	43	8
Simpson	997	40	104	18
Smith	511	14	54	8
Stone	344	11	50	7
Sunflower	1357	42	67	11
Tallahatchie	710	16	29	2
Tate	918	36	32	12
Tippah	613	16	5	0
Tishomingo	631	34	96	24
Tunica	465	13	12	2
Union	957	23	46	11
Walthall	581	25	67	13
Warren	1360	48	113	23
Washington	2128	71	110	23
Wayne	864	21	59	10
Webster	324	13	52	11
Wilkinson	296	17	20	5
Winston	718	19	40	11
Yalobusha	406	14	35	7
Yazoo	1016	25	46	7
Total	90,523	2,734	5,693	1,135