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The Mississippi State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 88 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and eight new deaths.

The latest report shows one new reported case in Adams County which now has 25 cases and no deaths with still one case reported in a long-term care facility.

The total of Mississippi’s cases since March 11 now stands at 2,003, with 67 deaths. Three new outbreaks have been identified in long-term care facilities.

The MSDH website is now carrying more information on cases by race and by underlying health condition such as hypertension, heart disease and diabetes.

More details of COVID-19 in the state, along with preventive steps to take against coronavirus, 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 any time: 877-978-6453.

The latest state map shows Mississippi’s case total as reported at 6 p.m. last night.

Long-term care (LTC) facilities like nursing homes are considered high risk locations because their residents are older or in poor health. Even one case of COVID-19 in these facilities among residents or employees is considered an outbreak. We investigate residents, staff and close contacts of infected individuals for possible exposure. The number of LTC facilities with outbreaks are shown for each county in the table below.

 

 

County	Cases	Deaths	LTCs with Outbreaks
Adams	25		1
Alcorn	6
Amite	7	1	1
Attala	15
Benton	5
Bolivar	54	2	2
Calhoun	13		1
Carroll	7
Chickasaw	17	2	1
Choctaw	9	1
Claiborne	3
Clarke	10	1
Clay	11
Coahoma	32	1
Copiah	19
Covington	7
Desoto	144	1
Forrest	59	1	1
Franklin	5
George	5
Greene	1
Grenada	8
Hancock	32	2	2
Harrison	88	3	2
Hinds	178	1	2
Holmes	27	3
Humphreys	6	1
Itawamba	5
Jackson	111	5	1
Jasper	4
Jefferson	4
Jones	15		1
Kemper	11
Lafayette	26	1
Lamar	19	1
Lauderdale	84	5	3
Lawrence	6
Leake	15
Lee	40	2
Leflore	28	4	1
Lincoln	26	1	2
Lowndes	17
Madison	83	2	1
Marion	14		1
Marshall	24	1
Monroe	19	1	2
Montgomery	12	1
Neshoba	13
Newton	7		1
Noxubee	5
Oktibbeha	30	1	2
Panola	19	1
Pearl River	60	3	2
Perry	14	1
Pike	33	1	1
Pontotoc	13	1
Prentiss	10		2
Quitman	12
Rankin	79	2
Scott	34		1
Sharkey	3
Simpson	6
Smith	15		1
Stone	4
Sunflower	27	1
Tallahatchie	3
Tate	18
Tippah	37	4
Tishomingo	1
Tunica	17	1	1
Union	6		1
Walthall	15
Warren	9		1
Washington	41	2	2
Wayne	5
Webster	13	1
Wilkinson	33	3	1
Winston	16
Yalobusha	11
Yazoo	38	1
Total	2,003	67	41