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NATCHEZ — A 79-year-old man from Adams County died with COVID-19 on Tuesday, officials said.

His was the fourth COVID-19 death reported in Adams County by Adams County Coroner James Lee since Monday last week.

Lee said he pronounced two men, an 80-year-old on Monday, Sept. 21, and an and an 82-year-old on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Merit Health Natchez.

The total number of deaths recorded for Adams County by the Mississippi State Department of Health has not increased from 37 since Friday, after which Lee said two other Adams County residents succumbed to the disease.

On Saturday, Lee said a 90-year-old male also died with the disease in addition to the latest death Lee reported on Tuesday.

MSDH reported 589 new cases and 36 new deaths statewide on Tuesday. Twenty-one of new COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. Monday occurred between Sept. 20 and Sept. 28, the MSDH report states.

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Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

 

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	945	37	48	13
Alcorn	832	11	18	2
Amite	342	10	15	2
Attala	672	25	90	20
Benton	233	3	4	0
Bolivar	1857	70	208	28
Calhoun	527	12	25	4
Carroll	323	12	45	9
Chickasaw	692	24	44	13
Choctaw	187	6	1	0
Claiborne	465	16	43	9
Clarke	610	48	83	25
Clay	599	18	19	3
Coahoma	1167	30	84	4
Copiah	1199	33	55	4
Covington	830	23	33	8
De Soto	5678	63	68	13
Forrest	2524	76	174	41
Franklin	197	3	4	1
George	784	13	34	6
Greene	389	17	38	6
Grenada	1098	36	108	20
Hancock	595	22	14	4
Harrison	3917	74	240	31
Hinds	7179	161	434	65
Holmes	1100	60	101	20
Humphreys	377	15	21	6
Issaquena	105	3	0	0
Itawamba	850	21	84	16
Jackson	3553	70	77	7
Jasper	581	15	1	0
Jefferson	242	9	12	3
Jefferson Davis	346	11	3	1
Jones	2515	80	183	37
Kemper	291	15	39	9
Lafayette	2208	40	123	28
Lamar	1743	36	28	11
Lauderdale	2077	126	260	73
Lawrence	437	14	26	2
Leake	963	38	25	5
Lee	2804	71	166	32
Leflore	1426	81	191	45
Lincoln	1123	53	142	32
Lowndes	1598	58	98	33
Madison	3331	90	238	45
Marion	871	36	85	11
Marshall	1118	21	31	6
Monroe	1246	69	169	51
Montgomery	469	20	49	9
Neshoba	1597	104	115	37
Newton	778	24	39	8
Noxubee	558	16	20	4
Oktibbeha	1811	52	189	31
Panola	1512	31	15	3
Pearl River	909	53	71	20
Perry	428	21	19	7
Pike	1249	53	97	27
Pontotoc	1293	16	17	1
Prentiss	879	18	48	3
Quitman	387	5	0	0
Rankin	3346	79	173	21
Scott	1177	27	21	3
Sharkey	266	14	43	8
Simpson	1050	47	107	19
Smith	545	15	54	8
Stone	379	13	47	8
Sunflower	1485	46	77	11
Tallahatchie	777	24	29	7
Tate	1012	38	40	13
Tippah	687	18	13	0
Tishomingo	703	38	96	26
Tunica	499	15	15	2
Union	1002	24	46	11
Walthall	604	26	67	13
Warren	1415	50	119	24
Washington	2263	79	123	26
Wayne	912	21	59	10
Webster	339	13	52	11
Wilkinson	307	18	20	5
Winston	746	19	40	11
Yalobusha	442	14	35	7
Yazoo	1066	31	71	12
Total	97,638	2,957	6,058	1,210