JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The number of presumed positive coronavirus cases in Mississippi is now at 67,173.
The Mississippi Department of Health confirmed 527 new cases and 22 new deaths Sunday.
So far, 1,896 people have died from COVID-19 in Mississippi.
The number of tests done in the state totals 509,612 as of August 7. This includes MSDH Public Health Laboratory tests and other providers.
An estimated 42,391 people have recovered from the virus.
Number of cases by county (through August 8):
- Adams – 623; 25 deaths
- Alcorn – 428; 5 deaths
- Amite – 232; 6 deaths
- Attala – 522; 25 deaths
- Benton – 144; 1 death
- Bolivar – 1,113; 34 deaths
- Calhoun – 418; 9 deaths
- Carroll – 261; 11 deaths
- Chickasaw – 462; 19 deaths
- Choctaw – 134; 4 deaths
- Claiborne – 407; 13 deaths
- Clarke – 327; 26 deaths
- Clay – 396; 14 deaths
- Coahoma – 760; 13 deaths
- Copiah – 954; 28 deaths
- Covington – 612; 13 deaths
- DeSoto – 3,658; 31 deaths
- Forrest – 1,806; 56 deaths
- Franklin – 127; 2 deaths
- George – 581; 5 deaths
- Greene – 250; 12 deaths
- Grenada – 847; 21 deaths
- Hancock – 390; 14 deaths
- Harrison – 2,520; 36 deaths
- Hinds – 5,613; 118 deaths
- Holmes – 892; 48 deaths
- Humphreys – 292; 11 deaths
- Issaquena – 26; 1 death
- Itawamba – 359; 10 deaths
- Jackson – 2,276; 42 deaths
- Jasper – 386; 9 deaths
- Jefferson – 196; 7 deaths
- Jefferson Davis – 231; 6 deaths
- Jones – 1,899; 58 deaths
- Kemper – 233; 14 deaths
- Lafayette – 973; 16 deaths
- Lamar – 1,220; 14 deaths
- Lauderdale – 1,412; 92 deaths
- Lawrence – 323; 8 deaths
- Leake – 788; 25 deaths
- Lee – 1,462; 41 deaths
- Leflore – 933; 63 deaths
- Lincoln – 817; 41 deaths
- Lowndes – 1,077; 37 deaths
- Madison – 2,422; 66 deaths
- Marion – 677; 20 deaths
- Marshall – 695; 9 deaths
- Monroe – 796; 55 deaths
- Montgomery – 326; 5 deaths
- Neshoba – 1,286; 92 deaths
- Newton – 542; 11 deaths
- Noxubee – 457; 11 deaths
- Oktibbeha – 1,122; 39 deaths
- Panola – 1,059; 13 deaths
- Pearl River – 550; 39 deaths
- Perry – 236; 7 deaths
- Pike – 936; 36 deaths
- Pontotoc – 827; 8 deaths
- Prentiss – 412; 10 deaths
- Quitman – 269; 1 death
- Rankin – 2,283; 34 deaths
- Scott – 1,003; 20 deaths
- Sharkey – 197; 5 deaths
- Simpson – 796; 30 deaths
- Smith – 405; 13 deaths
- Stone – 199; 5 deaths
- Sunflower – 1,039; 25 deaths
- Tallahatchie – 531; 10 deaths
- Tate – 734; 29 deaths
- Tippah – 366; 13 deaths
- Tishomingo – 417; 5 deaths
- Tunica – 337; 7 deaths
- Union – 636; 16 deaths
- Walthall – 502; 20 deaths
- Warren – 1,093; 33 deaths
- Washington – 1,663; 41 deaths
- Wayne – 767; 21 deaths
- Webster – 234; 12 deaths
- Wilkinson – 212; 13 deaths
- Winston – 620; 16 deaths
- Yalobusha – 315; 10 deaths
- Yazoo – 831; 12 deaths
On March 19, the first in-state death from the virus was reported of a man from Hancock County.
Mississippi Department of Health has a hotline open 24 hours, 7 days a week for any coronavirus-related questions: 877-978-6453.
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