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NATCHEZ — The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 1,245 new COVID-19 cases and 51 new deaths on Wednesday.

Statewide hospitalizations are also slightly higher than Tuesday, MSDH reports.

MSDH reports 970 Mississippians with confirmed COVID-19 infection and 209 patients with suspected infection were hospitalized as of Wednesday.

Of those patients, 192 were on ventilators and 329 were in ICU.

MSDH reports 173 long-term care facilities in the state have active outbreaks.

Ten new cases were reported in Adams County for a total of 597 cases and 25 deaths since the outbreak.

Adams County Emergency Management Director Robert Bradford said Monday during a meeting of the Board of Supervisors that the county has 134 active cases excluding those who have recovered or died with the disease.

Mississippi’s total of confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases since March 11 now stands at 63,444 with 1,804 deaths.

Guidelines from MSDH state social distancing is critical to stop the spread of COVID-19 and wearing a mask or face covering can sharply reduce the risk of passing COVID-19 on to others.

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

The numbers in this table are provisional. County case numbers and deaths may change as investigation finds new or additional information. The data provided below is the most current available.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	596	25	45	12
Alcorn	377	5	1	1
Amite	217	6	13	2
Attala	510	24	89	20
Benton	128	0	1	0
Bolivar	1010	32	47	9
Calhoun	392	9	23	4
Carroll	248	11	45	9
Chickasaw	438	19	35	11
Choctaw	129	4	0	0
Claiborne	399	13	43	9
Clarke	322	25	19	9
Clay	380	14	2	1
Coahoma	684	10	4	2
Copiah	929	28	30	4
Covington	603	13	4	1
De Soto	3472	27	43	6
Forrest	1701	55	100	31
Franklin	115	2	3	1
George	545	4 *	1	0
Greene	230	11	35	6
Grenada	819	21	74	12
Hancock	349	14	8	4
Harrison	2287	35 *	136	15
Hinds	5416	112	254	49
Holmes	859	48	97	20
Humphreys	281	11	19	6
Issaquena	24	1	0	0
Itawamba	323	10	34	7
Jackson	2156	41 *	68	7
Jasper	379	9	1	0
Jefferson	193	6	6	1
Jefferson Davis	225	6	3	1
Jones	1828	57	168	35
Kemper	227	15	38	9
Lafayette	907	14	83	11
Lamar	1177	13	4	2
Lauderdale	1379	90	205	56
Lawrence	302	7	13	0
Leake	776	25	4	0
Lee	1297	32	71	15
Leflore	882	61	184	42
Lincoln	787	41	116	27
Lowndes	1023	33	69	18
Madison	2363	60	180	31
Marion	634	19	15	2
Marshall	616	9	12	1
Monroe	731	51	127	41
Montgomery	302	3	0	0
Neshoba	1264	90	108	35
Newton	530	11	7	1
Noxubee	438	11	16	3
Oktibbeha	1077	37	176	24
Panola	960	12 *	7	1
Pearl River	515	37	56	15
Perry	220	7	0	0
Pike	861	33	72	15
Pontotoc	780	8	4	1
Prentiss	369	9	25	3
Quitman	238	1	0	0
Rankin	2202	31	89	10
Scott	978	20	15	3
Sharkey	191	3	6	1
Simpson	767	30	27	13
Smith	389	13	54	8
Stone	160	3	3	1
Sunflower	942	23	12	2
Tallahatchie	512	10	7	2
Tate	683	27 *	34	12
Tippah	320	13	0	0
Tishomingo	344	5	29	0
Tunica	307	6	12	2
Union	552	15	23	8
Walthall	482	19	65	9
Warren	995	31	89	14
Washington	1548	35	44	12
Wayne	749	21	57	10
Webster	211	12	52	11
Wilkinson	193	13	8	3
Winston	593	15	40	11
Yalobusha	304	10	35	7
Yazoo	803	12	21	2
Total	63,444	1,804	3,765	789

* Note: A death previously reported in George County has been corrected to Jackson County. A death previously reported in Harrison County has been corrected to Jackson County. A death previously reported in Panola County has been corrected to Tate County.