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NATCHEZ — The Mississippi State Department of Health on Saturday reported a one-day jump in confirmed COVID-19 cases with 1,017 new cases.

Also, on the Saturday the Mississippi State Department of Health reported 14 new COVID-19 deaths and 853 patients with confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state’s hospitals.

Adams County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases rose by one case to 402 cases and the county’s death toll remains at 21.

Mississippi’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases now stand at 41,846 and 1,346 deaths since the pandemic began March 11.

On Friday, the Adams County Emergency Management Agency reported the county had 66 active cases and on Monday Merit Health Natchez had 10 patients with confirmed COVID-19 cases.

MSDH reports 142 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.

 

Cumulative 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	402	21	44	11
Alcorn	143	2	1	1
Amite	134	4	13	2
Attala	403	23	89	19
Benton	75	0	1	0
Bolivar	542	18	42	6
Calhoun	225	5	23	4
Carroll	216	11	45	9
Chickasaw	326	19	35	11
Choctaw	89	4	0	0
Claiborne	330	11	43	9
Clarke	249	25	19	9
Clay	289	12	2	1
Coahoma	285	7	1	0
Copiah	727	19	30	3
Covington	458	6	2	0
Desoto	2265	20	23	5
Forrest	1140	45	96	29
Franklin	60	2	3	1
George	151	3	1	0
Greene	152	10	34	6
Grenada	691	14	52	8
Hancock	187	14	8	4
Harrison	1356	18	90	10
Hinds	3520	69	158	25
Holmes	631	43	97	20
Humphreys	202	10	19	6
Issaquena	14	1	0	0
Itawamba	177	8	34	7
Jackson	1018	20	63	6
Jasper	287	6	1	0
Jefferson	138	3	3	0
Jefferson Davis	146	4	3	1
Jones	1342	52	159	35
Kemper	194	15	38	9
Lafayette	577	4	42	1
Lamar	759	8	3	2
Lauderdale	1054	83	203	54
Lawrence	203	2	0	0
Leake	677	21	3	0
Lee	747	24	66	15
Leflore	628	56	183	41
Lincoln	590	35	115	27
Lowndes	629	17	42	8
Madison	1681	44	143	20
Marion	383	12	15	2
Marshall	370	4	12	1
Monroe	507	43	124	36
Montgomery	213	3	0	0
Neshoba	1065	81	107	33
Newton	416	10	7	1
Noxubee	303	10	16	3
Oktibbeha	689	28	132	18
Panola	549	6	3	1
Pearl River	355	32	50	12
Perry	108	5	0	0
Pike	576	25	47	12
Pontotoc	472	6	3	1
Prentiss	172	6	24	3
Quitman	121	1	0	0
Rankin	1402	21	63	7
Scott	872	16	15	3
Sharkey	63	0	1	0
Simpson	515	5	3	0
Smith	301	12	53	8
Stone	98	2	2	1
Sunflower	632	11	1	0
Tallahatchie	285	4	3	1
Tate	452	17	28	10
Tippah	181	11	0	0
Tishomingo	151	1	2	0
Tunica	138	3	12	2
Union	319	11	20	8
Walthall	342	12	54	6
Warren	686	22	41	9
Washington	940	17	27	5
Wayne	623	20	53	8
Webster	140	11	52	10
Wilkinson	121	11	5	2
Winston	340	13	40	10
Yalobusha	234	9	35	7
Yazoo	603	7	20	2
Total	41,846	1,346	3,142	647