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NATCHEZ — Adams County’s COVID-19 post-Thanksgiving case increase is five-times worse than the post-Memorial Day increase earlier this year, a local statistician has found.

Adams County had 15 new COVID-19 cases reported in the seven days, May 23-May 29, after Memorial Day and 91 cases reported in the seven days, Nov. 26-Dec. 2, after Thanksgiving, reports Norma Williams, volunteer Adams County COVID-19 statistician.

That is 76 COVID-19 cases more reported in the seven-days after Thanksgiving than the seven days after Memorial Day, which is a 506% increase, Williams said.

Comparatively, the state of Mississippi reported 11,653 new COVID-19 cases in the seven days, Nov. 26-Dec. 2, after Thanksgiving as compared to 2,205 new COVID-19 cases reported in the seven days, May 23-May 29, after Memorial Day, which is a 429% increase of 9,448 more cases.

Concordia Parish had 90 new COVID-19 cases in the seven days, Nov. 27-Dec. 3, after Thanksgiving and 18 cases in the seven days, May 24-May 30, after Memorial Day, which is a 400% increase of 72 more cases.

Louisiana reported 18,441 new COVID-19 cases in the seven-day period after Thanksgiving, Nov. 27-Dec. 3, as compared to 15,856 new COVID-19 cases in the seven-days after Memorial Day, May24-May 30, which is a 613% increase of 15,856 more cases.

Adams County’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases is 1,541 with 52 deaths, according to Tuesday’s Mississippi State Department of Health report.

As of Monday, Adams County had 166 active cases, according to Robert Bradford Sr., director Adams County Emergency Management Office.

As of Dec. 4, Merit Health Natchez had 23 COVID-19 patients in house with seven in ICU, MSDH reported

On Tuesday, MSDH reported 1,732 new COVID-19 cases and 56 new deaths. The state’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases now stands at 167,926 with 4,017 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began in March.

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	1541	52	70	14
Alcorn	1666	31	93	14
Amite	659	15	15	2
Attala	1312	37	134	24
Benton	523	18	44	10
Bolivar	2657	89	224	30
Calhoun	859	14	25	4
Carroll	813	15	46	9
Chickasaw	1187	33	48	14
Choctaw	395	7	1	0
Claiborne	600	16	43	9
Clarke	999	55	93	27
Clay	1014	27	20	3
Coahoma	1644	46	127	11
Copiah	1831	42	72	9
Covington	1459	51	93	23
De Soto	11203	110	103	20
Forrest	4203	90	186	41
Franklin	406	6	4	1
George	1421	27	47	6
Greene	717	23	47	6
Grenada	1542	48	135	23
Hancock	1388	45	68	12
Harrison	8039	117	391	38
Hinds	11046	210	552	85
Holmes	1411	61	103	20
Humphreys	588	20	33	8
Issaquena	130	4	0	0
Itawamba	1727	41	100	18
Jackson	6976	137	197	21
Jasper	946	24	1	0
Jefferson	398	12	15	3
Jefferson Davis	623	18	8	1
Jones	4054	90	193	38
Kemper	541	19	41	9
Lafayette	3549	60	152	35
Lamar	3222	50	44	12
Lauderdale	3947	151	344	80
Lawrence	781	14	27	2
Leake	1502	45	45	7
Lee	5829	99	201	39
Leflore	2235	94	196	48
Lincoln	2107	69	166	36
Lowndes	2821	70	129	37
Madison	5478	114	298	55
Marion	1319	50	121	19
Marshall	2378	53	59	15
Monroe	2287	78	176	52
Montgomery	842	27	54	9
Neshoba	2434	125	175	49
Newton	1204	29	49	10
Noxubee	768	17	21	4
Oktibbeha	2708	64	201	31
Panola	2533	57	73	11
Pearl River	1772	72	119	25
Perry	715	27	20	7
Pike	1752	61	98	27
Pontotoc	2347	32	20	3
Prentiss	1641	36	93	12
Quitman	524	7	0	0
Rankin	6645	117	266	33
Scott	1715	30	30	3
Sharkey	342	17	43	8
Simpson	1602	54	139	19
Smith	800	16	55	8
Stone	895	15	58	9
Sunflower	2027	56	84	15
Tallahatchie	1036	28	33	7
Tate	1934	51	72	18
Tippah	1417	30	62	4
Tishomingo	1221	47	96	26
Tunica	649	19	15	2
Union	1942	26	50	11
Walthall	831	31	67	13
Warren	1975	60	143	27
Washington	3486	108	187	39
Wayne	1325	24	60	10
Webster	517	14	52	11
Wilkinson	455	22	20	5
Winston	1401	30	81	16
Yalobusha	791	29	81	21
Yazoo	1707	42	138	15
Total	167,926	4,017	8,085	1,498