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Wilkinson County continues to see an uptick in confirmed cases of COVID-19. The Mississippi State Department of Health reported on Saturday an additional 2 confirmed cases of the virus in Wilkinson County raising the total number of cases to 11.

With a population of less than 9,000 people, Wilkinson County continues to lead the state with the highest number of infections per capita with a 12.75 rate of confirmed case per 10,000 people.

Adams County did not see an increase in cases reported Saturday. The current number of cases in Adams County is 6.

The total number of Mississippi cases reported Saturday morning is 663 — up 84 cases from Friday.

Deaths from the virus also increased in the state from 8 reported Friday to 13 on Saturday. MSDH reports that all of the deaths reported in the state were 60-years-old or older.

All Mississippi cases

County	Cases	Deaths
Adams	6
Amite	1
Attala	9
Benton	2
Bolivar	11
Calhoun	3
Chickasaw	10
Choctaw	4
Clarke	1
Clay	2
Coahoma	18
Copiah	8
Covington	1
Desoto	65	1
Forrest	18
Franklin	3
George	1
Grenada	2
Hancock	9	1
Harrison	38	1
Hinds	58
Holmes	13	1
Humphreys	2
Itawamba	3
Jackson	33
Jefferson	1
Jones	3
Kemper	1
Lafayette	11
Lamar	4
Lauderdale	12
Lawrence	5
Leake	4
Lee	17	1
Leflore	15
Lincoln	8
Lowndes	10
Madison	29
Marion	3
Marshall	11
Monroe	3
Montgomery	5
Neshoba	3
Newton	1
Noxubee	2
Oktibbeha	14
Panola	4
Pearl River	23
Perry	2	1
Pike	12
Pontotoc	4
Prentiss	2
Quitman	4
Rankin	31	1
Scott	7
Sharkey	1
Simpson	2
Smith	1
Sunflower	7	1
Tallahatchie	2
Tate	8
Tippah	18	2
Tunica	6	1
Union	3
Walthall	5
Washington	13
Webster	3	1
Wilkinson	11	1
Winston	4
Yalobusha	3
Yazoo	4
Total	663	13