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NATCHEZ — The Mississippi State Department of Health on Thursday reported the state’s highest-ever one-day jump in confirmed COVID-19 cases with 1,230 new cases.

Also, on the Thursday the Mississippi State Department of Health reported 18 new COVID-19 deaths and 855 patients with confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state’s hospitals.

Adams County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases rose by one case to 393 cases and the county’s death toll remains at 21.

Mississippi’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases now stand at 39,797 and 1,308 deaths since the pandemic began March 11.

On Monday, the Adams County Emergency Management Agency reported the county had 71 active cases and Merit Health Natchez had 10 patients with confirmed COVID-19 cases.

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 a total of 44 long-term care facility cases reported since the outbreak began with 11 confirmed deaths in long-term care facilities.

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.

Cases and Deaths by County

Totals of all reported COVID-19 cases for 2020, including those in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	393	21	44	11
Alcorn	128	2	1	1
Amite	127	3	13	2
Attala	403	24	89	19
Benton	63	0	1	0
Bolivar	500	18	42	6
Calhoun	194	5	23	4
Carroll	199	11	45	9
Chickasaw	331	19	35	11
Choctaw	80	4	0	0
Claiborne	327	12	43	9
Clarke	247	25	19	9
Clay	281	12	2	1
Coahoma	257	6	1	0
Copiah	704	17	30	3
Covington	483	5	3	0
Desoto	2171	20	23	5
Forrest	1140	45	95	29
Franklin	65	2	3	1
George	139	3	1	0
Greene	134	10	34	6
Grenada	664	13	52	7
Hancock	172	14	8	4
Harrison	1305	17	101	9
Hinds	3317	63	156	23
Holmes	633	42	98	20
Humphreys	188	10	18	6
Issaquena	11	1	0	0
Itawamba	170	8	34	7
Jackson	874	20	48	6
Jasper	305	6	1	0
Jefferson	139	3	3	0
Jefferson Davis	132	4	3	1
Jones	1284	52	159	35
Kemper	190	14	38	9
Lafayette	548	4	42	1
Lamar	668	7	3	2
Lauderdale	1016	83	203	54
Lawrence	226	2	0	0
Leake	670	20	3	0
Lee	695	23	66	15
Leflore	601	56	183	41
Lincoln	561	36	115	27
Lowndes	597	17	34	8
Madison	1630	42	143	20
Marion	372	12	16	2
Marshall	324	4	12	1
Monroe	494	40	122	33
Montgomery	204	3	0	0
Neshoba	1067	79	106	31
Newton	390	11	6	2
Noxubee	295	9	15	3
Oktibbeha	650	28	132	18
Panola	531	6	3	1
Pearl River	331	32	50	12
Perry	105	4	0	0
Pike	553	24	46	12
Pontotoc	435	6	3	1
Prentiss	145	6	24	3
Quitman	114	1	0	0
Rankin	1276	20	61	6
Scott	847	15	15	2
Sharkey	56	0	1	0
Simpson	489	3	3	0
Smith	268	12	52	8
Stone	88	2	2	1
Sunflower	600	9	1	0
Tallahatchie	247	4	3	1
Tate	440	14	28	9
Tippah	159	11	0	0
Tishomingo	137	1	2	0
Tunica	132	3	12	2
Union	282	11	20	8
Walthall	304	10	46	4
Warren	649	22	39	9
Washington	876	16	27	5
Wayne	595	20	53	8
Webster	139	11	52	10
Wilkinson	111	9	5	2
Winston	323	13	39	10
Yalobusha	220	9	35	7
Yazoo	587	7	20	2
Total	39,797	1,308	3,109	634