Saturday update: No new cases of COVID-19 reported in Adams County for first time in 12 days

Published 12:27 pm Saturday, April 18, 2020

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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.

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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