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The Mississippi State Department of Health on Thursday reported 262 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 22 new deaths (including 9 from prior weeks identified through death certificate investigation).

Adams County now has 157 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 11 deaths, including 38 confirmed cases and five deaths in long term care facilities.

Mississippi’s total of COVID-19 cases since March 11 now stands at 8,686, with 396 deaths.

29 of the new cases reported today were among residents in long-term care facilities, and there are now 114 active outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities (where an outbreak is one or more cases among residents or staff).

Our website will have an updated map and new charts later today.

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 877-978-6453 from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week.

 Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported cases since March 11, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	157	11	38	5
Alcorn	10	1	0	0
Amite	33	0	1	0
Attala	170	3	41	3
Benton	13	0	1	0
Bolivar	115	8	16	2
Calhoun	57	4	23	4
Carroll	99	3	39	2
Chickasaw	84	9	25	6
Choctaw	14	2	0	0
Claiborne	33	0	0	0
Clarke	71	6	12	3
Clay	63	3	0	0
Coahoma	70	3	0	0
Copiah	141	1	2	1
Covington	84	0	0	0
Desoto	320	5	1	1
Forrest	283	18	29	9
Franklin	18	1	0	0
George	15	1	0	0
Greene	6	1	0	0
Grenada	45	2	14	2
Hancock	72	9	6	3
Harrison	188	6	1	1
Hinds	600	11	20	6
Holmes	190	16	28	5
Humphreys	28	4	7	2
Itawamba	66	6	32	5
Jackson	272	11	39	2
Jasper	76	2	0	0
Jefferson	30	0	0	0
Jefferson Davis	47	1	2	0
Jones	209	4	17	0
Kemper	84	6	19	3
Lafayette	96	3	36	0
Lamar	136	4	2	1
Lauderdale	450	40	113	25
Lawrence	61	0	1	0
Leake	267	2	0	0
Lee	73	4	5	0
Leflore	180	18	44	8
Lincoln	179	12	54	8
Lowndes	71	3	7	2
Madison	333	12	42	9
Marion	80	7	14	2
Marshall	50	2	0	0
Monroe	188	20	91	18
Montgomery	56	1	0	0
Neshoba	261	11	27	3
Newton	121	0	1	0
Noxubee	97	2	9	2
Oktibbeha	62	4	11	3
Panola	43	2	0	0
Pearl River	188	24	42	6
Perry	33	1	0	0
Pike	162	9	14	4
Pontotoc	22	2	4	0
Prentiss	33	2	20	2
Quitman	16	0	0	0
Rankin	231	6	6	0
Scott	423	5	9	1
Sharkey	5	0	0	0
Simpson	56	0	2	0
Smith	95	6	24	3
Stone	23	0	0	0
Sunflower	61	3	0	0
Tallahatchie	12	1	0	0
Tate	48	0	1	0
Tippah	61	10	0	0
Tishomingo	8	0	1	0
Tunica	39	2	12	2
Union	41	3	11	2
Walthall	36	0	0	0
Warren	90	2	11	0
Washington	78	3	4	1
Wayne	27	0	1	0
Webster	21	1	0	0
Wilkinson	74	9	5	2
Winston	57	0	0	0
Yalobusha	25	0	0	0
Yazoo	154	2	0	0
Total	8,686	396	1,037	169

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information about residence.

Long-Term Care Facility Cases and Deaths by Race

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. (Long-term care facilities include nursing homes, intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, personal care homes, assisted living facilities, long-term acute care facilities, and psychiatric or chemical dependency residential treatment centers.)