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The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 259 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and eight new deaths.

Mississippi now has a total of 5,153 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 201 COVID-19 deaths.

Adams County reported five new cases, bringing the county’s total to 101, with seven total deaths and 14 cases in long-term health care facilities.

Merit Health Natchez on Wednesday reported the hospital was caring for 13 COVID-19 positive patients who are receiving care in a unit separate from other patients. Merit Health also reported that six COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the hospital.

“Our inventory of ventilators is sufficient to support the medical needs of the patients in our care at this time,” hospital officials said.

Louisiana

On Thursday, the Louisiana Department of Health reported a total of 25,739 confirmed cases and 1,540 deaths.

The Concordia Parish Office Homeland Security and Office Emergency Preparedness a reported the parish’s fourth COVID-19 death Wednesday evening.

The victim, a 78-year-old black female, tested positive for COVID-19 at Riverland Medical Center on April 6 and died early Tuesday morning at Glenwood Regional in West Monroe.

No further information is available at this time on the death.

Also on Wednesday, the OHSEP reported three new COVID-19 cases in Concordia Parish, one in a 47-year-old black male who tested positive Wednesday at SouthStar Urgent Care and is on a 14-day quarantine at home; another in a 55-year-old Caucasian male who tested positive Wednesday at SouthStar Urgent Care And is on a 14-day quarantine at his home; and the third case in a 57-year-old black male, who tested positive Wednesday at SouthStar Urgent Care and is on 14-day quarantine at his home.

Of Concordia Parish’s 88 total confirmed COVID-19 cases, 27 were females, 17 males, two Hispanics, six Cuacasians and 36 blacks.

Below is a breakdown of Mississippi’s COVID-19 cases to date.

Table of total cases, deaths, and cases in long-term care (LTC) facilities since March 11, 2020.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases
Adams	101	7	14
Alcorn	8	0	0
Amite	24	1	2
Attala	62	0	4
Benton	9	0	0
Bolivar	89	7	13
Calhoun	43	2	19
Carroll	15	1	0
Chickasaw	52	4	16
Choctaw	13	1	0
Claiborne	12	0	0
Clarke	37	3	9
Clay	28	2	0
Coahoma	53	2	1
Copiah	59	1	1
Covington	40	0	0
Desoto	252	4	2
Forrest	164	6	15
Franklin	17	0	0
George	10	1	0
Greene	4	0	0
Grenada	27	0	14
Hancock	55	5	6
Harrison	152	6	2
Hinds	383	6	9
Holmes	83	5	11
Humphreys	14	3	1
Itawamba	30	1	11
Jackson	228	6	34
Jasper	27	1	0
Jefferson	5	0	0
Jefferson Davis	13	1	0
Jones	94	0	4
Kemper	27	0	1
Lafayette	81	3	10
Lamar	79	2	0
Lauderdale	249	18	64
Lawrence	25	0	0
Leake	118	1	0
Lee	66	4	4
Leflore	119	13	26
Lincoln	125	7	41
Lowndes	36	1	2
Madison	165	4	10
Marion	53	4	12
Marshall	40	2	0
Monroe	109	9	44
Montgomery	16	1	0
Neshoba	102	2	1
Newton	45	0	1
Noxubee	29	0	0
Oktibbeha	45	3	6
Panola	38	2	0
Pearl River	142	11	28
Perry	23	1	0
Pike	126	3	8
Pontotoc	18	2	1
Prentiss	29	0	17
Quitman	14	0	0
Rankin	153	4	4
Scott	177	0	7
Sharkey	4	0	0
Simpson	33	0	2
Smith	53	3	17
Stone	22	0	0
Sunflower	51	2	0
Tallahatchie	9	1	0
Tate	35	0	1
Tippah	49	7	0
Tishomingo	5	0	0
Tunica	34	1	12
Union	14	1	0
Walthall	27	0	0
Warren	32	2	0
Washington	71	3	4
Wayne	17	0	0
Webster	16	1	0
Wilkinson	65	6	4
Winston	37	0	0
Yalobusha	17	0	0
Yazoo	110	1	0
Total	5,153	201	515