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Adams County residents are now under a mask mandate through Jan. 31 after the Adams County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting to expend the order that was originally set to expire Nov. 30.

Adams County’s COVID-19 numbers have been spiking over the past three weeks, Adams County Emergency Management Director Robert Bradford Sr. told supervisors during Monday’s supervisors meeting before recommending the extension.

Wes Middleton, district 1 supervisor, questioned the need for extending the order eight weeks rather than four weeks, but later voted for the measure after Bradford said supervisors could reconsider if the numbers start to go back down.

Adams County currently has 1,250 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 47 deaths reported since the pandemic began in March, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health’s Monday statewide report, which showed 589 new cases and two new deaths statewide. Mississippi’s total number of COVID-19 cases is now 134,898 with 3,545 total deaths.

Bradford said Adams County had 88 active COVID-19 cases as of Sunday.

Also on Monday, 6th District Attorney Shameca Collins confirmed she closed the Adams County DA’s office Monday after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.

The office, Collins said, would be closed for two weeks until after Thanksgiving. The closure necessitated the postponement of a murder trial that had been scheduled for this week and a new date has not yet been set.

In last week’s MSDH statewide hospital report dated Nov. 11, showed that Merit Health Natchez had all eight of its adult intensive care unit beds occupied, including six confirmed COVID-19 patients, as of Nov. 11.

Merit Health Natchez officials said at the time the number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital is constantly in flux and that the hospital has capacity to handle more patients.

“Our hospital remains prepared to care for all patients who need medical attention, and we encourage patients experiencing a medical emergency to seek care promptly,” said Kay Ketchings, director of marketing for Merit Health Natchez last week.

Concordia Parish’s reported 71 new confirmed COVID-19 cases between Nov. 9 and 15, according to Norma Williams, volunteer statistician, bringing the Parish’s total cases since the pandemic began to 714 and 18 deaths.

Cumulative Cases and Deaths by County

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

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	1250	47	64	14
Alcorn	1340	21	87	9
Amite	459	14	15	2
Attala	964	27	95	20
Benton	448	16	44	8
Bolivar	2257	82	220	30
Calhoun	686	13	25	4
Carroll	651	13	45	9
Chickasaw	967	31	47	14
Choctaw	265	7	1	0
Claiborne	565	16	43	9
Clarke	847	53	93	27
Clay	809	26	20	3
Coahoma	1383	40	124	10
Copiah	1515	38	72	9
Covington	1107	32	66	15
De Soto	8912	87	101	20
Forrest	3448	83	177	41
Franklin	282	4	4	1
George	1159	22	36	6
Greene	559	19	40	6
Grenada	1310	43	114	21
Hancock	1071	34	57	8
Harrison	6453	101	303	35
Hinds	9002	186	486	80
Holmes	1200	60	102	20
Humphreys	506	18	32	7
Issaquena	108	4	0	0
Itawamba	1365	33	89	17
Jackson	5763	105	113	12
Jasper	774	20	1	0
Jefferson	301	11	13	3
Jefferson Davis	513	15	8	1
Jones	3263	86	187	38
Kemper	362	15	41	9
Lafayette	2897	45	123	28
Lamar	2604	47	42	11
Lauderdale	3065	141	298	76
Lawrence	645	14	26	2
Leake	1265	43	42	7
Lee	4439	89	197	39
Leflore	1918	88	194	47
Lincoln	1702	64	162	36
Lowndes	2132	62	115	33
Madison	4311	97	250	45
Marion	1044	46	92	15
Marshall	1913	39	59	13
Monroe	1758	76	172	52
Montgomery	673	24	53	9
Neshoba	2070	111	137	39
Newton	976	29	40	10
Noxubee	653	17	21	4
Oktibbeha	2266	58	193	31
Panola	1965	43	60	8
Pearl River	1327	65	99	23
Perry	601	24	20	7
Pike	1536	58	98	27
Pontotoc	1788	26	19	2
Prentiss	1302	25	76	6
Quitman	452	6	0	0
Rankin	4798	90	183	23
Scott	1396	29	22	3
Sharkey	297	16	43	8
Simpson	1360	52	122	19
Smith	662	16	55	8
Stone	632	14	57	9
Sunflower	1794	54	84	15
Tallahatchie	916	27	29	7
Tate	1506	45	67	16
Tippah	1113	28	61	3
Tishomingo	990	41	96	26
Tunica	578	18	15	2
Union	1466	25	46	11
Walthall	713	27	67	13
Warren	1660	56	125	26
Washington	2901	105	181	39
Wayne	1115	22	59	10
Webster	401	14	52	11
Wilkinson	360	22	20	5
Winston	1020	23	46	11
Yalobusha	633	26	79	18
Yazoo	1421	36	137	14
Total	134,898	3,545	7,199	1,375