State reports 104 new COVID-19 cases, more deaths
Published 11:15 am Thursday, April 2, 2020
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NATCHEZ — The Mississippi State Department of Health on Thursday reported 104 new cases of the COVID-19 virus, resulting in a total of 1,177 confirmed cases in the state.
The total number of deaths in the state increased by four to a total of 26 COVID-19-related deaths.
The number of Adams County cases increased by three to a total of 14 cases. Wilkinson County saw an increase by one case to a total of 17 cases and 2 deaths.
Also on Thursday, the Concordia Parish Department of Homeland Security reported two new cases of the COVID-19 virus from a Ferriday hospital for a total of eight cases and one virus-related death in the parish.
Office of Emergency Protection Director Timothy Vanier said Thursday that two of the eight cases were reported from Ferriday Family Health. One is a 28-year-old and another is a 32-year-old who are both quarantined at home.
Two of the eight Concordia Parish residents with COVID-19 are hospitalized in Rapides Parish, Vanier said, adding a third patient, Kejuane Bates, 36, died Wednesday at Merit Health Natchez.
The following table shows the total number of confirmed cases in Mississippi as of 6 p.m. April 1.
| County | Cases | Deaths | LTC Outbreaks |
| Adams | 14 | ||
| Alcorn | 3 | ||
| Amite | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Attala | 12 | ||
| Benton | 5 | ||
| Bolivar | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| Calhoun | 4 | 1 | |
| Carroll | 3 | ||
| Chickasaw | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| Choctaw | 7 | ||
| Claiborne | 1 | ||
| Clarke | 4 | ||
| Clay | 7 | ||
| Coahoma | 23 | ||
| Copiah | 10 | ||
| Covington | 3 | ||
| Desoto | 103 | 1 | |
| Forrest | 26 | 1 | |
| Franklin | 3 | ||
| George | 4 | ||
| Grenada | 4 | ||
| Hancock | 22 | 1 | 2 |
| Harrison | 53 | 1 | 1 |
| Hinds | 118 | 1 | |
| Holmes | 16 | 1 | |
| Humphreys | 4 | 1 | |
| Itawamba | 3 | ||
| Jackson | 57 | 1 | 1 |
| Jasper | 2 | ||
| Jefferson | 1 | ||
| Jones | 6 | ||
| Kemper | 4 | ||
| Lafayette | 16 | 1 | |
| Lamar | 8 | ||
| Lauderdale | 46 | 2 | |
| Lawrence | 5 | ||
| Leake | 6 | ||
| Lee | 24 | 1 | |
| Leflore | 20 | 1 | |
| Lincoln | 14 | ||
| Lowndes | 10 | ||
| Madison | 55 | 1 | |
| Marion | 5 | 1 | |
| Marshall | 18 | 1 | |
| Monroe | 11 | 1 | |
| Montgomery | 8 | 1 | |
| Neshoba | 4 | 1 | |
| Newton | 4 | ||
| Noxubee | 4 | ||
| Oktibbeha | 20 | 1 | |
| Panola | 8 | 1 | |
| Pearl River | 36 | 1 | |
| Perry | 6 | 1 | |
| Pike | 21 | ||
| Pontotoc | 10 | ||
| Prentiss | 4 | 1 | |
| Quitman | 4 | ||
| Rankin | 50 | 1 | |
| Scott | 13 | ||
| Sharkey | 2 | ||
| Simpson | 4 | ||
| Smith | 6 | 1 | |
| Sunflower | 12 | 1 | |
| Tallahatchie | 2 | ||
| Tate | 12 | ||
| Tippah | 29 | 2 | |
| Tishomingo | 1 | ||
| Tunica | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| Union | 4 | 1 | |
| Walthall | 10 | ||
| Warren | 2 | 1 | |
| Washington | 29 | ||
| Wayne | 1 | ||
| Webster | 8 | 1 | |
| Wilkinson | 17 | 2 | |
| Winston | 9 | ||
| Yalobusha | 7 | ||
| Yazoo | 11 | 1 | |
| Total | 1,177 | 26 | 22 |
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