New cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Mississippi rose Tuesday back to a rate above the trailing 7- and 14-day averages and the state reported the third single deadliest day since the pandemic began in March.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reported an additional 272 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours bringing the total cases to 11,704.

The state announced Tuesday morning 27 new deaths were attributed to the virus bringing the total death toll to 554. It was the third-highest, single-day death toll on record. The first and second highest days were a tie at 32 deaths reported on May 5 and May 6.

Mississippi’s 14-day average of daily new cases dropped slightly to 250 with Tuesday’s updated statistics. The 7-day average of new cases rose slightly to 257.

The state reported that 271 deaths were of residents of long-term care facilities or approximately 49 percent of all deaths in the state.

Here are the county by county numbers:

County	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total LTC Facility Cases	Total LTC Facility Deaths
Adams	177	15	39	8
Alcorn	12	1	0	0
Amite	45	1	6	1
Attala	259	9	65	9
Benton	13	0	1	0
Bolivar	129	10	16	4
Calhoun	59	4	23	4
Carroll	110	8	45	6
Chickasaw	116	12	32	8
Choctaw	23	2	0	0
Claiborne	51	1	2	0
Clarke	113	14	14	6
Clay	86	3	0	0
Coahoma	85	3	0	0
Copiah	207	3	0	0
Covington	110	1	1	0
Desoto	404	5	13	1
Forrest	435	29	78	19
Franklin	21	1	1	0
George	19	1	0	0
Greene	7	1	0	0
Grenada	60	2	14	2
Hancock	81	10	6	3
Harrison	218	6	1	1
Hinds	786	22	76	13
Holmes	310	20	70	9
Humphreys	49	5	14	3
Itawamba	79	7	33	6
Jackson	287	13	39	4
Jasper	116	3	0	0
Jefferson	38	0	0	0
Jefferson Davis	69	2	3	1
Jones	358	10	45	5
Kemper	105	10	25	6
Lafayette	109	3	37	0
Lamar	199	4	4	2
Lauderdale	602	46 *	159	28
Lawrence	80	0	1	0
Leake	364	7	4	0
Lee	96	5	8	1
Leflore	202	22	51	11
Lincoln	218	18	68	14
Lowndes	132	6	9	4
Madison	561	17	89	11
Marion	93	8	14	2
Marshall	67	3	2	0
Monroe	220	23	92	20
Montgomery	74	1	0	0
Neshoba	429	25	50	13
Newton	196	3	2	0
Noxubee	145	4	14	3
Oktibbeha	107	8	28	4
Panola	52	2	0	0
Pearl River	195	27	42	9
Perry	37	2	0	0
Pike	184	11	14	6
Pontotoc	25	2	3	0
Prentiss	36	3	21	3
Quitman	21	0	0	0
Rankin	295	6	5	0
Scott	550	10	12	2
Sharkey	7	0	0	0
Simpson	78	0	4	0
Smith	120	9	29	6
Stone	24	0	0	0
Sunflower	68	3	0	0
Tallahatchie	21	1	0	0
Tate	55	1	2	0
Tippah	69	11	0	0
Tishomingo	21	0	1	0
Tunica	45	2	12	2
Union	65	4	18	3
Walthall	44	0	0	0
Warren	135	5	34	3
Washington	128	4	5	1
Wayne	45	0	2	0
Webster	22	1	0	0
Wilkinson	78	9	5	2
Winston	86	0	0	0
Yalobusha	75	2	24	2
Yazoo	192	2	7	0
Total	11,704	554	1,534	271

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

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