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For the first time in 12 days, no new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Adams County.

Saturday morning, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported no new confirmed cases of the virus in Adams County. Since April 6, the county has seen the number of virus cases increase each day from 19 cases on April 5 and 6 to 73 cases on Friday.

Here is a look at how the number of cases increased since April 5.

Adams County cases

Date	COVID_19 cases	New cases
5-Apr	19
6-Apr	19	0
7-Apr	24	5
8-Apr	25	1
9-Apr	27	2
10-Apr	42	15
11-Apr	49	7
12-Apr	51	2
13-Apr	57	6
14-Apr	62	5
15-Apr	64	2
16-Apr	70	6
17-Apr	73	3
18-Apr	73	0

 

MSDH reported 6 deaths from COVID-19 in Adams County. Two of the deaths, according to Adams County Coroner James Lee, were from an area nursing home. MSDH is currently investigating outbreaks in two long-term care facilities in Adams County.

On Saturday, MSDH reported 181 new cases of the virus in the state and additional 12 deaths from COVID-19. The state has reported a total 3,974 cases and 152 deaths in the state since March 11.

Here is a look at county numbers reported Saturday:

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	LTCs with Outbreaks
Adams	73	6	2
Alcorn	7	0	0
Amite	16	1	0
Attala	34	0	1
Benton	5	0	0
Bolivar	79	5	4
Calhoun	36	2	1
Carroll	10	1	0
Chickasaw	40	2	1
Choctaw	11	1	0
Claiborne	8	0	0
Clarke	22	2	1
Clay	24	1	0
Coahoma	46	1	0
Copiah	41	1	0
Covington	28	0	1
Desoto	220	3	1
Forrest	137	3	2
Franklin	15	0	0
George	10	1	0
Greene	3	0	0
Grenada	19	0	1
Hancock	50	5	2
Harrison	144	5	3
Hinds	325	5	5
Holmes	58	4	0
Humphreys	12	3	1
Itawamba	21	1	1
Jackson	201	6	2
Jasper	22	1	0
Jefferson	4	0	1
Jefferson Davis	8	1	0
Jones	63	0	2
Kemper	17	0	0
Lafayette	40	3	1
Lamar	59	1	0
Lauderdale	190	14	7
Lawrence	14	0	0
Leake	64	1	0
Lee	54	4	0
Leflore	75	6	1
Lincoln	102	6	2
Lowndes	32	1	2
Madison	127	3	2
Marion	39	0	1
Marshall	39	2	0
Monroe	62	4	2
Montgomery	15	1	0
Neshoba	55	1	0
Newton	21	0	1
Noxubee	20	0	0
Oktibbeha	43	2	2
Panola	30	2	0
Pearl River	119	10	2
Perry	22	1	0
Pike	97	2	2
Pontotoc	17	2	1
Prentiss	16	0	2
Quitman	13	0	0
Rankin	130	2	1
Scott	106	0	1
Sharkey	3	0	0
Simpson	14	0	1
Smith	39	1	1
Stone	17	0	0
Sunflower	46	2	0
Tallahatchie	8	1	0
Tate	29	0	0
Tippah	46	7	1
Tishomingo	3	0	0
Tunica	30	1	1
Union	9	1	1
Walthall	23	0	0
Warren	18	1	0
Washington	70	3	1
Wayne	10	0	0
Webster	15	1	0
Wilkinson	55	4	1
Winston	29	0	0
Yalobusha	15	0	0
Yazoo	85	1	0
Total	3,974	152	69