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The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting Monday 100 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and eight new deaths.

Adams County’s number of cases remained at 19 with no reported deaths in Adams County and still only one case reported in a long-term care facility.

Statewide, coronavirus cases have also been identified in three more long-term care facilities across the state. The total of Mississippi’s cases since March 11 now stands at 1,738, with 51 deaths.

Total statewide COVID-19 testing figures as of April 5 are now also available. MSDH, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and commercial laboratories have performed 20,370 tests of Mississippians since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak.

More details of COVID-19 in the state, along with preventive steps to take against coronavirus, 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 any time: 877-978-6453.

Long-term care (LTC) facilities like nursing homes are considered high risk locations because their residents are older or in poor health. Even one case of COVID-19 in these facilities among residents or employees is considered an outbreak. We investigate residents, staff and close contacts of infected individuals for possible exposure. The number of LTC facilities with outbreaks are shown for each county in the table below.

 

County	Cases	Deaths	LTCs with Outbreaks
Adams	19		1
Alcorn	6
Amite	6	1	1
Attala	15
Benton	5
Bolivar	51	2	2
Calhoun	9		1
Carroll	6
Chickasaw	15	2	1
Choctaw	8	1
Claiborne	1
Clarke	8
Clay	9
Coahoma	29	1
Copiah	16
Covington	6
Desoto	136	1
Forrest	46	1	1
Franklin	5
George	5
Greene	1
Grenada	7
Hancock	30	1	2
Harrison	79	3	1
Hinds	158		2
Holmes	23	2
Humphreys	4	1
Itawamba	4
Jackson	98	5	1
Jasper	3
Jefferson	3
Jones	13
Kemper	6
Lafayette	22	1
Lamar	15
Lauderdale	70	2	3
Lawrence	5
Leake	11
Lee	30	2
Leflore	23	4	1
Lincoln	18		1
Lowndes	15
Madison	74	2	2
Marion	8		1
Marshall	23	1	1
Monroe	16	1	2
Montgomery	11	1
Neshoba	11
Newton	7		1
Noxubee	5
Oktibbeha	27		2
Panola	17	1
Pearl River	52	2	2
Perry	14	1
Pike	28		1
Pontotoc	12	1
Prentiss	10		1
Quitman	7
Rankin	74	1
Scott	23		1
Sharkey	3
Simpson	6
Smith	11		1
Stone	1
Sunflower	19	1
Tallahatchie	3
Tate	16
Tippah	36	3
Tishomingo	1
Tunica	18	1	1
Union	6		1
Walthall	12
Warren	5		1
Washington	38		1
Wayne	5
Webster	12	1
Wilkinson	30	3	1
Winston	15
Yalobusha	11
Yazoo	32	1
Total	1,738	51	38