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NATCHEZ — On Saturday, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported the largest spike in new COVID-19 cases since July with 1,212 new cases and 17 new COVID-19 related deaths.

Mississippi’s record of new cases reported in a single day set on July 29 stands at 1,775 according to data from MSDH.

The state health department reported an additional 675 new cases of COVID-19 and 8 new COVID-19 related deaths on Monday.

MSDH officials stated 228 of those cases were reported as of Saturday, Oct. 24, and 447 cases were reported as of Sunday, Oct. 25.

MSDH reports four of the latest deaths occurred between October 11 and October 25 and the remaining four deaths occurred between August 29 and October 6 and were recently identified through death certificates.

The total number of COVID-19 cases since March now stands at 115,763 with 3,263 COVID-19 related deaths.

There are currently 580 Mississippians hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 infection with 157 patients in intensive care with confirmed COVID-19 infection, MSDH reports.

Adams County’s total number of cases now stands at 1,089 with 44 deaths.

MSDH reports 133 long-term care facilities in the state have active outbreaks where an outbreak is considered to be any confirmed COVID-19 case among long-term care facility residents or more than one case in a 14-day period among staff or employees of a facility.

What You Can Do

Keep groups sizes small and avoid large gatherings, especially indoors. Many cases are now being spread through gatherings in homes without safety precautions.

Social distancing is still critical to stop the spread of COVID-19. Keep plenty of distance between yourself and others.

Wearing a mask or face covering can sharply reduce the risk of passing COVID-19 on to others. Wearing a mask is strong recommended whenever you are in public places with others around you.

Most people spreading COVID-19 do not know they are infected.

Remind others that precautions remain essential and set an example by your actions.

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

In the table below are totals of all reported COVID-19 cases for 2020, including those in long-term care 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	1089	44	64	13
Alcorn	1011	12	18	2
Amite	425	13	15	2
Attala	797	26	91	20
Benton	345	6	25	1
Bolivar	2019	77	219	30
Calhoun	626	12	25	4
Carroll	493	12	45	9
Chickasaw	857	26	46	14
Choctaw	208	6	1	0
Claiborne	538	16	43	9
Clarke	761	51	93	27
Clay	700	21	19	3
Coahoma	1254	37	89	7
Copiah	1381	36	72	7
Covington	979	27	54	10
De Soto	7134	79	80	16
Forrest	3069	78	176	41
Franklin	246	3	4	1
George	999	19	36	6
Greene	478	18	40	6
Grenada	1226	39	113	21
Hancock	850	28	48	6
Harrison	5272	84	258	32
Hinds	7987	178	467	78
Holmes	1149	60	102	20
Humphreys	449	16	21	6
Issaquena	107	4	0	0
Itawamba	1148	25	87	17
Jackson	4622	85	102	8
Jasper	691	17	1	0
Jefferson	277	10	13	3
Jefferson Davis	412	11	7	1
Jones	2957	84	185	38
Kemper	327	15	41	9
Lafayette	2513	43	124	29
Lamar	2271	38	40	11
Lauderdale	2485	135	261	74
Lawrence	525	14	26	2
Leake	1152	42	43	7
Lee	3600	80	180	37
Leflore	1687	87	193	47
Lincoln	1411	57	162	35
Lowndes	1802	62	102	33
Madison	3837	94	238	45
Marion	954	43	92	14
Marshall	1453	29	54	12
Monroe	1521	73	170	52
Montgomery	552	23	52	9
Neshoba	1854	111	130	39
Newton	869	27	39	9
Noxubee	599	17	20	4
Oktibbeha	2028	54	193	31
Panola	1702	40	60	8
Pearl River	1145	60	94	23
Perry	498	23	20	7
Pike	1392	56	97	27
Pontotoc	1479	20	17	2
Prentiss	1069	20	48	3
Quitman	420	6	0	0
Rankin	3982	86	181	23
Scott	1257	29	21	3
Sharkey	285	14	43	8
Simpson	1217	49	117	19
Smith	596	16	54	8
Stone	477	14	55	9
Sunflower	1634	49	83	14
Tallahatchie	845	26	29	7
Tate	1177	39	52	13
Tippah	913	23	60	0
Tishomingo	816	41	96	26
Tunica	535	17	15	2
Union	1192	25	46	11
Walthall	640	27	67	13
Warren	1551	56	125	26
Washington	2592	99	176	38
Wayne	1020	22	59	10
Webster	376	13	52	11
Wilkinson	338	20	20	5
Winston	844	21	43	11
Yalobusha	549	14	66	7
Yazoo	1226	34	90	13
Total	115,763	3,263	6,705	1,304