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FAYETTE — A Fayette man died in Natchez of COVID-19 on Tuesday afternoon, Adams County Coroner James Lee said.

Lee said Claude Carter, 69, was brought to Merit Health Natchez hospital where he succumbed to the disease at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday.

“This disease is still affecting Americans worldwide,” Lee said. “I really feel we must make personal choices as well as follow CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidelines until there is a vaccine available. COVID-19 is not gone.”

Also on Tuesday, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported 273 new COVID-19 cases and 17 new COVID-19 deaths.

Adams County now has 189 cases and 15 deaths due to COVID-19, with 40 of Adams County’s COVID-19 cases and eight deaths from long term care facilities.

Statewide 121 long term care facilities have active outbreaks.

The state now has 13,731 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 652 deaths.

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	189	15	40	8
Alcorn	14	1	0	0
Amite	53	1	8	1
Attala	277	14	79	13
Benton	15	0	1	0
Bolivar	142	11	17	4
Calhoun	60	4	23	4
Carroll	114	10	45	8
Chickasaw	127	12	34	8
Choctaw	33	2	0	0
Claiborne	58	2	2	1
Clarke	135	17	17	7
Clay	101	3	0	0
Coahoma	108	3	0	0
Copiah	284	4	0	0
Covington	140	1	1	0
Desoto	485	6	15	2
Forrest	503	37	86	26
Franklin	27	2	2	1
George	20	1	0	0
Greene	8	1	0	0
Grenada	78	2	14	2
Hancock	88	11	9	3
Harrison	237	6	3	1
Hinds	904	24	78	13
Holmes	370	24	77	12
Humphreys	52	7	16	5
Itawamba	86	7	35	6
Jackson	296	13	40	4
Jasper	146	3	1	0
Jefferson	41	0	0	0
Jefferson Davis	74	2	3	1
Jones	506	18	56	9
Kemper	132	10	28	6
Lafayette	126	4	38	1
Lamar	222	5	5	2
Lauderdale	689	56	181	37
Lawrence	97	1	1	0
Leake	389	10	1	0
Lee	113	5	14	1
Leflore	246	27	80	15
Lincoln	248	21	81	16
Lowndes	166	7	18	4
Madison	675	21	95	12
Marion	110	9	14	2
Marshall	71	3	2	0
Monroe	249	24	92	21
Montgomery	80	1	0	0
Neshoba	539	33	66	18
Newton	231	4	3	0
Noxubee	166	6	14	3
Oktibbeha	144	10	36	7
Panola	64	2	0	0
Pearl River	205	30	45	10
Perry	49	2	0	0
Pike	201	11	14	6
Pontotoc	26	3	3	1
Prentiss	40	3	22	3
Quitman	24	0	0	0
Rankin	358	6	5	0
Scott	597	10	13	2
Sharkey	7	0	0	0
Simpson	91	0	4	0
Smith	131	10	30	7
Stone	30	0	0	0
Sunflower	78	3	0	0
Tallahatchie	24	1	0	0
Tate	66	1	2	0
Tippah	71	11	0	0
Tishomingo	26	0	1	0
Tunica	50	3	12	2
Union	74	5	20	4
Walthall	50	0	0	0
Warren	158	7	36	5
Washington	159	5	7	1
Wayne	133	0	2	0
Webster	63	1	0	0
Wilkinson	85	9	5	2
Winston	102	1	0	0
Yalobusha	84	5	25	5
Yazoo	221	2	10	0
Total	13,731	652	1,727	332