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NATCHEZ — A Fayette man with COVID-19 died Thursday at Merit Health Natchez hospital, Adams County Coroner James Lee said.

Lee said the man was an African American,  75 years old, and died at approximately 6:30 a.m. Thursday morning.

Privacy laws prevent officials from releasing any other possibly identifying information about COVID-19 patients.

“We’re having more and more cases show up in Fayette,” Lee said. “At this point, everyone needs to do the best they can not to gather and follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines. Wear a mask. It’s far from over.”

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported 956 new COVID-19 cases and 21 new deaths on Thursday.

Statewide hospitalizations are also slightly higher than reported Tuesday.

MSDH reports 977 Mississippians with confirmed COVID-19 infection and 207 patients with suspected infection are hospitalized as of Thursday.

Of those patients, 193 are on ventilators and 337 are in ICU.

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

Five new cases were reported in Adams County for a total of 602 cases and 25 deaths since the outbreak.

Mississippi’s total of confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases since March 11 now stands at 64,400 with 1,825 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	602	25	46	12
Alcorn	382	5	1	1
Amite	220	6	13	2
Attala	513	24	89	20
Benton	133	0	1	0
Bolivar	1163	33	47	9
Calhoun	400	9	23	4
Carroll	254	11	45	9
Chickasaw	441	19	35	11
Choctaw	130	4	0	0
Claiborne	399	13	43	9
Clarke	324	25	19	9
Clay	382	14	2	1
Coahoma	697	11	16	2
Copiah	941	28	30	4
Covington	607	13	4	1
De Soto	3523	28	43	6
Forrest	1721	55	100	31
Franklin	116	2	3	1
George	548	4	1	0
Greene	231	11	35	6
Grenada	830	21	76	12
Hancock	363	14	8	4
Harrison	2378	35	141	15
Hinds	5487	116	260	52
Holmes	863	48	97	20
Humphreys	282	11	19	6
Issaquena	25	1	0	0
Itawamba	337	10	34	7
Jackson	2201	42	68	7
Jasper	381	9	1	0
Jefferson	194	6	6	1
Jefferson Davis	226	6	3	1
Jones	1842	58	169	35
Kemper	228	15	38	9
Lafayette	937	14	83	11
Lamar	1184	14	4	2
Lauderdale	1390	90	205	56
Lawrence	306	7	13	0
Leake	779	25	4	0
Lee	1332	32	77	15
Leflore	893	62	184	42
Lincoln	790	41	119	28
Lowndes	1039	35 *	72	19
Madison	2387	63	180	32
Marion	638	19	15	2
Marshall	638	9	12	1
Monroe	747	51 *	143	42
Montgomery	307	3	0	0
Neshoba	1278	91	108	35
Newton	535	11	7	1
Noxubee	444	11	16	3
Oktibbeha	1090	37	176	24
Panola	980	12	7	1
Pearl River	520	37	57	15
Perry	220	7	0	0
Pike	877	34	72	16
Pontotoc	791	8	5	1
Prentiss	386	9	25	3
Quitman	240	1	0	0
Rankin	2220	32	90	10
Scott	987	20	15	3
Sharkey	190	3	12	2
Simpson	779	30	28	14
Smith	394	13	54	8
Stone	163	3	3	1
Sunflower	967	23	13	2
Tallahatchie	407	10	7	2
Tate	692	27	34	12
Tippah	325	13	0	0
Tishomingo	350	5	30	0
Tunica	317	6	12	2
Union	562	15	26	8
Walthall	489	19	65	9
Warren	1007	31	90	14
Washington	1582	37	46	13
Wayne	749	21	57	10
Webster	216	12	52	11
Wilkinson	194	13	8	3
Winston	604	15	40	11
Yalobusha	307	10	35	7
Yazoo	807	12	21	2
Total	64,400	1,825	3,838	800

* Note: A death previously reported in Monroe County has been corrected to Lowndes County.