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Adams County now has 1,444 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in march and the county’s death toll is now at 51, according to statistics released Monday by the Mississippi State Department of Health.

Also on Monday, Adams County Coroner James Lee reported that he recorded the COVID-19 death of a 77-year-old Adams County female at Merit Health Natchez.

That death will be added to the Adams County deaths once MSDH confirms it.

Volunteer statistician Norma Williams is reporting that Adams County has a 23.1% positivity rate between Oct. 29 and Nov. 11 and Merit Health Natchez had 16 COVID-19 positive patients in the hospital and four of those in the ICU on Nov. 27.

Statewide, MSDH reported 1,485 new cases and one new COVID-19 death on Monday.

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	1444	51	64	14
Alcorn	1548	28	88	13
Amite	558	14	15	2
Attala	1175	34	124	23
Benton	499	18	44	10
Bolivar	2429	84	222	30
Calhoun	781	13	25	4
Carroll	740	15	45	9
Chickasaw	1090	32	48	14
Choctaw	350	7	1	0
Claiborne	589	16	43	9
Clarke	930	53	93	27
Clay	934	27	20	3
Coahoma	1519	43	127	11
Copiah	1670	40	71	9
Covington	1279	39	69	16
De Soto	10332	104	103	20
Forrest	3882	86	185	41
Franklin	353	5	4	1
George	1264	25	47	6
Greene	612	22	40	6
Grenada	1428	45	117	21
Hancock	1236	40	67	11
Harrison	7244	111	348	37
Hinds	10190	199	545	82
Holmes	1323	61	102	20
Humphreys	547	19	33	8
Issaquena	120	4	0	0
Itawamba	1561	35	91	17
Jackson	6521	124	183	19
Jasper	848	22	1	0
Jefferson	364	11	15	3
Jefferson Davis	588	17	8	1
Jones	3677	88	188	38
Kemper	447	18	41	9
Lafayette	3349	52	150	32
Lamar	2966	50	43	12
Lauderdale	3575	147	323	79
Lawrence	734	14	26	2
Leake	1394	44	42	7
Lee	5236	95	200	39
Leflore	2077	91	196	48
Lincoln	1948	65	166	36
Lowndes	2438	64	116	34
Madison	4964	107	294	53
Marion	1186	46	105	15
Marshall	2212	50	58	15
Monroe	2039	78	176	52
Montgomery	758	25	53	9
Neshoba	2241	118	156	43
Newton	1080	29	44	10
Noxubee	725	17	21	4
Oktibbeha	2513	62	193	31
Panola	2296	53	60	11
Pearl River	1541	68	103	23
Perry	681	26	20	7
Pike	1647	58	98	27
Pontotoc	2029	29	19	2
Prentiss	1495	31	87	10
Quitman	497	7	0	0
Rankin	5805	103	224	31
Scott	1579	30	30	3
Sharkey	323	17	43	8
Simpson	1519	53	138	19
Smith	728	16	55	8
Stone	800	15	58	9
Sunflower	1925	55	84	15
Tallahatchie	977	27	31	7
Tate	1770	51	71	18
Tippah	1280	30	61	4
Tishomingo	1108	42	96	26
Tunica	623	19	15	2
Union	1710	26	46	11
Walthall	772	29	67	13
Warren	1787	57	125	26
Washington	3241	108	187	39
Wayne	1206	23	59	10
Webster	464	14	52	11
Wilkinson	404	22	20	5
Winston	1245	26	64	13
Yalobusha	723	28	80	19
Yazoo	1588	40	137	15
Total	153,270	3,807	7,709	1,447