Mississippi reported its highest daily death count since the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic began, with nearly three-dozen deaths reported Tuesday morning.

The number of new cases also remained high with 330 new cases reported Tuesday. That brings the total number of cases to 8,207 cases.

The highest daily cases reported was on Friday when 397 cases were recorded.

Mississippi’s death toll rose by 32 deaths, bringing the total deaths to 342.

Tuesday’s update shattered the past daily reported deaths.

The prior record was 20 deaths set on May 1, but the state reported many of those deaths were from weeks earlier, but delayed due to slow test results.

Tuesday’s death report noted no such disclaimer.

Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said Monday that Mississippians must continue to be vigilant.

“We still have a lot of COVID cases,” Dobbs said. “It’s still out there.”

Dobbs said people need to keep up the precautions in place — social distancing, wearing masks, etc., – to “help us get out of this.”

Dobbs said use of masks in public is a must to limit spread.

“It’s a little bit selfish for folks not not wear a mask,” he said.

The state reported that 125 deaths were of residents of long-term care facilities or 40 percent of all deaths in the state.

On Tuesday the state reported 452 confirmed coronavirus cases were hospitalized. Another 193 suspected (but not yet confirmed by test) cases were also hospitalized, the state reported.

The state said 162 patients were in ICU beds and 77 required mechanical ventilation.

Here are the county by county numbers:

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	151	10	27	4
Alcorn	10	1	0	0
Amite	32	0	1	0
Attala	137	2	38	2
Benton	12	0	1	0
Bolivar	112	8	15	2
Calhoun	58	4	23	4
Carroll	111	3	29	2
Chickasaw	80	9	25	6
Choctaw	14	1	0	0
Claiborne	33	0	0	0
Clarke	67	6	12	3
Clay	57	2	0	0
Coahoma	70	3	0	0
Copiah	126	1	2	1
Covington	84	0	0	0
Desoto	308	4	1	1
Forrest	259	14	22	7
Franklin	17	1	0	0
George	14	1	0	0
Greene	6	1	0	0
Grenada	36	2	14	2
Hancock	68	5	6	3
Harrison	186	6	1	1
Hinds	565	9	16	5
Holmes	168	10	27	2
Humphreys	26	4	6	2
Itawamba	64	6	32	5
Jackson	270	9	39	1
Jasper	64	2	0	0
Jefferson	24	0	0	0
Jefferson Davis	45	1	2	0
Jones	193	2	15	0
Kemper	79	3	20	1
Lafayette	96	3	36	0
Lamar	125	3	1	0
Lauderdale	436	33	104	18
Lawrence	57	0	1	0
Leake	257	2	0	0
Lee	75	4	5	0
Leflore	175	18	42	8
Lincoln	155	12	49	8
Lowndes	65	3	7	2
Madison	298	11	40	8
Marion	76	7	14	2
Marshall	48	2	0	0
Monroe	177	16	88	14
Montgomery	47	1	0	0
Neshoba	243	10	27	2
Newton	106	0	1	0
Noxubee	92	2	9	2
Oktibbeha	57	4	9	3
Panola	40	2	0	0
Pearl River	183	20	41	6
Perry	31	1	0	0
Pike	160	9	13	4
Pontotoc	22	2	4	0
Prentiss	33	1	20	1
Quitman	16	0	0	0
Rankin	221	6	6	0
Scott	404	3	9	1
Sharkey	5	0	0	0
Simpson	53	0	2	0
Smith	86	4	23	2
Stone	22	0	0	0
Sunflower	60	3	0	0
Tallahatchie	12	1	0	0
Tate	45	0	1	0
Tippah	58	10	0	0
Tishomingo	8	0	1	0
Tunica	36	2	12	2
Union	36	2	10	1
Walthall	35	0	0	0
Warren	88	2	6	0
Washington	78	3	4	1
Wayne	25	0	1	0
Webster	21	1	0	0
Wilkinson	71	7	5	2
Winston	52	0	0	0
Yalobusha	21	0	0	0
Yazoo	154	2	0	0
Total	8,207	342	965	125

For more detailed graphics on Mississippi’s coronavirus statistics, please visit:

https://www.magnoliastatelive.com/video-mississippis-coronavirus-case-by-the-numbers/