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NATCHEZ — The number of COVID-19 cases reported in Adams County has increased by 77 cases and three deaths in a single week as cases continue to climb statewide.

On Tuesday last week, the total number of cases Adams County since the outbreak began in March was at 315 and 18 deaths, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported. The total rose to 392 cases and 21 deaths on Wednesday.

Adams County had 71 active cases Monday, said Neifa Hardy, Adams County Emergency Management Liaison Officer.

MSDH reported 1,025 new cases and 18 new deaths statewide on Wednesday.

The number of new cases recorded Wednesday was shy of a single-day record for Mississippi’s new cases set on June 25, which was 1,092 cases.

Mississippi’s total of COVID-19 cases since March 11 now stands at 38,567 with 1,290 deaths.

As of Wednesday, MSDH reports 825 confirmed COVID-19 patients were hospitalized in Mississippi as well as 274 patients with suspected COVID-19 infection. MSDH also reported 240 of those hospitalized were in ICU and 132 were on ventilators as of Wednesday.

MSDH reports 130 long-term care facilities such as nursing homes in the state now have active outbreaks where an outbreak is defined as one or more cases among residents or staff.

Adams County has had a total of 44 long-term care facility cases reported since the outbreak.

More details of COVID-19 in the state, along with preventive steps to take against coronavirus and statewide testing locations, 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	392	21	44	11
Alcorn	123	2	1	1
Amite	124	3	13	2
Attala	394	24	89	19
Benton	58	0	1	0
Bolivar	463	18	42	6
Calhoun	187	5	23	4
Carroll	196	11	45	9
Chickasaw	313	19	35	11
Choctaw	79	4	0	0
Claiborne	322	12	43	9
Clarke	241	25	19	9
Clay	274	11	2	1
Coahoma	251	6	1	0
Copiah	696	16	30	3
Covington	473	5	3	0
Desoto	2112	20	23	5
Forrest	1105	44	95	29
Franklin	60	2	3	1
George	131	3	1	0
Greene	125	10	34	6
Grenada	647	13	52	7
Hancock	162	14	8	4
Harrison	1260	17	99	9
Hinds	3188	59	154	20
Holmes	614	42	98	20
Humphreys	184	10	18	6
Issaquena	11	1	0	0
Itawamba	163	8	34	7
Jackson	828	20	48	6
Jasper	301	6	1	0
Jefferson	135	3	2	0
Jefferson Davis	130	4	3	1
Jones	1266	51	157	34
Kemper	189	14	38	9
Lafayette	536	4	42	1
Lamar	625	7	3	2
Lauderdale	983	83	203	54
Lawrence	222	2	0	0
Leake	664	20	3	0
Lee	662	23	66	15
Leflore	588	56	175	41
Lincoln	544	36	115	27
Lowndes	569	17	29	8
Madison	1589	40	141	19
Marion	363	12	16	2
Marshall	310	4	11	1
Monroe	491	39	118	31
Montgomery	197	3	0	0
Neshoba	1059	78	106	31
Newton	384	10	6	1
Noxubee	286	9	15	3
Oktibbeha	644	28	132	18
Panola	517	6	3	1
Pearl River	323	32	50	12
Perry	99	4	0	0
Pike	537	24	42	11
Pontotoc	406	6	3	1
Prentiss	134	4	24	3
Quitman	111	1	0	0
Rankin	1234	20	61	6
Scott	843	15	15	2
Sharkey	54	0	1	0
Simpson	480	3	3	0
Smith	263	12	52	8
Stone	85	2	2	1
Sunflower	565	9	1	0
Tallahatchie	239	4	3	1
Tate	431	13	27	8
Tippah	154	11	0	0
Tishomingo	125	1	2	0
Tunica	129	3	12	2
Union	266	11 *	20	8
Walthall	292	10	31	4
Warren	616	22	39	9
Washington	806	15	24	4
Wayne	588	19	48	7
Webster	136	11	52	10
Wilkinson	107	9	5	2
Winston	314	13	39	10
Yalobusha	216	9	35	7
Yazoo	584	7	20	2
Total	38567	1290	3054	622
Total	38,567	1,290	3,054	622

* Note: A death previously reported in Union County was in error, and the county’s total deaths has been adjusted from 12 to 11.